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STUPID, OR ‘OTHER’: THE SUBJECT OF A MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE

Author(s): Natalia Stencel
Subject(s): Contemporary Philosophy, Hermeneutics
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Instytut Jana Pawła II, Wydział Filozofii
Keywords: stupidity; mysticism; otherness; hermeneutics; narration;

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to describe mysticism in the context of stupidity. Particular emphasis is placed on the subjectivity manifested in a text comprising a mystical testimony. The methodological frame of the considerations is provided by Gadamer’s and Ricoeur’s hermeneutics, as well as by elements of the philosophy of dialogue. ‘Otherness,’ as conceived by Levinas, Buber, and Lacan, is an important point of reference. It is pointed out that, once expressed, the message of a mystic (which is naturally inaccessible to his or her community), becomes estranged also to its subject. The mystic remains distant from both the sacred and the profane: within either of these realms, he turns out to be different, i.e., stupid.

  • Issue Year: 34/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 67-80
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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