L’ironie suppose un moral d’acier
The irony supposes a morale of steel

Author(s): Jaques de Decker
Subject(s): Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Existentialism
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: iron-irony; distance; intelligence; culture; humanism;
Summary/Abstract: Irony prevents tears, bursts of anger, bursts of laughter. It implies cold blood, a capacity for retreat, an affective solidity, a "morale of steel". Irony, in other words, demands resistance - word that rhymes with distance. Resistance to immediate perception, and automatic reflex, which presupposes a passage, a detour, a deferment as well. This slowdown, this pause between the trigger agent and its consequence, which implies a passage through a mysterious area that is inhabited only by subjectivity, is what sets it apart from what one persists in calling intelligence.

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