SATURATED PHENOMENA: FROM PICTURE TO REVELATION IN JEAN-LUC MARION'S PHENOMENOLOGY

• Authors: Tin Mikkel B.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In his phenomenology, Jean-Luc Marion shows how a phenomenon that appears in and out of itself evades the metaphysical demand of grounding. Classical philosophy has acknowledged phenomena only in so far as they can be sanctioned by the concepts of the intellect. This holds good also of Husserl's constitutive ego. Now, Marion distinguishes between such intuitively 'poor phenomena' and the 'saturated phenomena' that exceed the intentional consciousness; they are given not by the consciousness but to the consciousness in an excess of intuition. This 'gift of appearance' is Marion's main concern, in the visible in general, and in painting in particular. But whereas idols only reflect our own desire to see and to be seen, icons surprise us by the gaze the saint directs on us. A picture is the scene of a possible revelation; and the revelation is nothing but the phenomenon taken in its fullest meaning: intuitive saturation at its maximum. A crucial question, nonetheless, remains: What is the relation between revelation as a phenomenological possibility, and Revelation as a theological dogma of the utmost importance?

Keywords

EN

AESTHETICS; MARION JEAN-LUC; PHENOMENA; PHENOMENOLOGY; REVELATION

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 65
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 860-876
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Tin Mikkel B.

• Prof. Mikkel B. Tin, Department of Folk Culture, Telemark University College, Norway

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11SKAAAA09488