Bachelard en vacances: The Subject of Surrationalism and Its Functional Value

Marko Ristić

doi:10.2298/FID2203621R

Authors

Marko Ristić University of Belgrade, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2203621R

Keywords:

Gaston Bachelard, surrationalism, the subject, subdivision of the subject, rational naivety, invention, epistemology, objectivity

Abstract

This paper deals with the problem of the subject in Bachelard’s concept of surrationalism. Focusing on the epistemological character of surrational creativity, the issue of the subject is approached through the analysis of the relationship between subjectivity and objectivity in the surrational act. Comparing the character of novelty in surrealism and surrationalism, the paper introduces Bachelard’s distinction between formal and material imagination, with the latter further discussed through the prepositions “against” [contre] and “in” [dans]. Bachelard’s theory of the internal dialectic – the theory of subdivision of the subject – is analyzed through his concept of reverie. The last chapter deals with the dialectic between the apodictic and the assertoric subject, aiming to reconsider the idea of interiority and repose.

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