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The Strange and the Stranger (1958): Translated and Introduced by Michael Portal.

  • Published In: Diacritics, 2023, v. 51, n. 1. P. 76 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Blanchot, Maurice; Portal, Translated by Michael 3 of 3

Abstract

Maurice Blanchot's "The Strange and the Stranger" (1958) is an essential text for understanding Blanchot's thought, its development, and its enduring importance. He presents an early account of the impersonal "neuter" in subject-less experiences like "alienation," "alteration," "dispersion," "disappearance," and "absence." These experiences of strangeness threaten thought, which is only "itself and for-itself its own experience." Relatedly, they also reveal "the neutrality of being or neutrality as being." With reference to both Emmanuel Levinas and Martin Heidegger, Blanchot clarifies the meaning and exigency of a neuter that can take "upon itself the reality of alienation." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Diacritics. 2023/01, Vol. 51, Issue 1, p76
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0300-7162
  • DOI:10.1353/dia.2023.a923444
  • Accession Number:176394660
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