Translated by Albeit Toscano Stanford Univerty Pre Sanfod California ais HANDBOOK OF INAESTHETICS Alain BadionWID-L 8 2430 18273 P3813 2005 Sean Uns ‘Sain Ctona nh salon © oor he Band ofr (fhe nd Sele js Uy A ghee, Ngo bak may Be roti or annie in Ty oma ey cra dtc ean ‘pseu nd mcg cin emt or Eipreen em ier ep wes emi oF Siste Uohenn Pee Haddon cy pb a Pacha ‘pte thee mene nga Eo Sesto “hwo pul ps apa fia pin thn ese gor fam he Pench Mini fon ‘iad he Oa Serve red Eb ‘ean So “Thebes cf he Fred May of Galen Cone he Bek, i nse Used Sef Ane once wy ie Uh of Congr Calin able Dass Tie man ieee Fg Endo taser Ae Bt, Ar Tecmo fom Oe) sat toys athe pape) ‘So Stogr sen steees ak pe Se Taran: Tle 1 aidan afr Ca). syoemnt aot seope7 Oj Pig 0 A ae tan iu ow nde aa he pine eee a oe EIT 8 ans Contents Trlr Nowe St Areand Philorophy $2 Wharie a Poen?, Ox Phbaoply and Poeay st the Point ofthe Uanamable 5 A French Philoopher Responds toa Polit Poet 5. APhilropicl Ts To Be Contemporses of Peson 5 APoei Dist: Labi ben Rabi's and Mallat 6 Dance as» Meaphor for Thought 7 Theses on Thee 1 The Fale Movement of Cinema 9 Beng, Exence, Though: Prove and Conept 510 Philosophy of the Fas Seure Mari Troatr Nor‘Translator’s Note Although Ihave wed co keep etrial nerfeence with the text co + minimm—batrng a hand al of explanatory notes and indications of echer work by Badiou, where concepts found inthe Handbook of “nash ate given their proper docttal formulations te lst 70 ‘chapters ofthis book posed significant challenges that deserve brief ucidacion ‘Chapt 9 “Being Fuisence, Thought: Pose and Conceps.” is 97+ tematic reading st once Bald and meticulous, of Sarmiel Becket ate prose text Ward Ho. recofigured eras 2 or tres on ontop ‘Thetansacon proved paral arduous becuse, uke most of Beck- ‘acs Bagsh prose, Vrs Ho as not wale into French by Beck fethimulf and, moreover what Bad dos with Becket very Aependen on te abrctive capac of Edieh Fourie eandation sd ‘steal pay ao hed the ginal tex. almost ge without ying, that by inverting the dvcion of Badu operation, my euslson of Badu ex ha ad to confont a number of srios challenges, ofen fering eto tet the recurs of te English guage node oan tn the cloteaes of Badious ending and to accommodse the unique manne in which Bese own eminoloy i progres apropiated Ineo Badin prose. Thope that he dance produced by Bas having trnployedFoucnirs ranslation wil prove iluminatng ren when the lscuion of Capa pie i cand ino Engh andthe cations ate now fom Becket ngnl English version,« Tar Neve ‘Chapter 0, "Philosophy fhe Fun" another “monograph” on in- aesets, in this instance concected with oe of Stéphane Mal’ tow famous “Symbols” poems, Lipr-mii da fount In order to Frain the consstency and indesicaly of Badu commentary have been obliged to prodace ay own version ofthe poem which shee “quote int ene: From caing ro having sought any poetics peony ore previo rasations [hav simply aimed 9 matin co the best of my abil the speculative armature ented in Baio’ di tussion while simultaneously endesvrig noc niet oo uch harm “pon Malis language and above all upon his syntax, which Baciow ‘elas the rial opera inthe French poe pracce and chought Mpeflow hers deply indeed tothe warlations by C.F Maclin tn Henry Wein and could ina ene beepded aan amended by brid of the vo. “giimate se nay a fs appt [would maintain tha such “ic crltton peter withthe pes "ea of Cap au pre its Ege shonin rene contonane wit the chims of Bad’ philosophy in general and egies one ofthe mos obvious ets of inaesticdi- ‘ous, Rae han seeing weleome (bat wo absorb) the poem ino the elm of speculative ehinking sn + hermeneutic vein, Badio’s ap- poten is commited both vo deerng the autonomy of ati proce: Utne (ection cinematic or shesre and reginering wha he tals thei incaphlosophia elf” (Se the epiggaph otis volume) eis worth ning ia this epoch the price of tension, while consiuting "an amt invariably duro approximation” (Chape 5 ‘elo neterchdes Futon Bad ims vows with spec e- ‘rencr co Beekestat 4 potene weapon inthe asnal of inet, ppatng the exrcton from che works in question of chose at that Single them outa condition for philosophies ctv. Ia his own at ening of punctonion” of Mallarmé poems, simed ac discerning tele “Jaci becoming”—wbat hein ect dbs thei “ranstion —Ba- founcement af revere he promis ofthe advent ofthe gods a the beh of our dita, andthe eave cation ofthe hizo of bg. While the poe, in the lsh of language, maintains the effced using ofthe Open, ‘We could say shat Hedeyger unfolds the igure ofthe poec hiker as the obvene of Newache’spilsopheraist. But what ire us here Anand Philp A and characterizes the rmancc schema isthatbeweenpiosophy ad ae ei hearth hr cali: The rete of being come a hough a ‘he conoining of the poem an i inerpretatonInepreation ia the end nothingbut the deter of che poem over tthe trembling of nice in which though ives wo endure the eet of tenga ening, Poet and thinker, eng on one another, enbody within the word the open Jing out of i cls (ae des ltr In hires, the poem, stil speaking, cannot be use Paychoanaysis is Arion, absolutely casi. In ode wo be pee= sed ofthis it alice to ead Freud's wing on painting snd La pronouncements os the sent ot poet In Ped sd Lac ron ‘eve as what makes ies hatte object of dete, which beyond ey brization, an subtacvely emerge 2 he very peak ofan ae fsbo ination. Int foemal basing he work ler othe disipacion of the unspeaiable scallion ofthe ast objet. nso doing, ineacably cap tates the gine othe hearing ofthe ane who i exposed te The wore ofa inks up toa wansferenes because i eis, na sigue and com ‘orted configraion, the ockage ofthe smboic bythe Rey the “et macy “ofthe abe pat theese of dee) tthe Ober he ena ‘ofthe symbolic). Thisis why theultimate eet ofa esis imapinay an dhercore conclude a flows This century, which exetally has oc modified the dectnes concerning the ink berween ar and philoso ply has evercees expeenced the sareon of thee dorines Dds tic ie saurated by che sare-bound and historical eee of in he sewice ofthe people Romansicim i saturated by the Semen of ue promise—always brought back to the suppostion of = ser of the {eden Heidegger heovel equipment: sic, Snaly ator Fe bythe sl concoumnear conferedupan iby the complete deploy. tment ofa choy of dee Whence, fone har nara fillen prey 0 the lures oF a applied psychoaaljsis" the ruinous navi tha he ‘eltionshp becween pychoamalyss and arts never anything bt service rendted wo payhoazalas tel Arta fie service “Tha osay the hee chests re staat tends to produce kindof dlseanglement ofthe ems & desperate elon” beeween at ad pllosply together wth the pure and simple claps of what had ics feed beewee them: the pedagogical heme. rom Dadasm to Scuasoniom, the century avantgarde have been nothing bo sor expesiments for comemporry at, and ot the ade‘ Arvand Philosphy quite deviation ofthe el operation f hia, The role ofthe avant res wast represen ther than ink, Tis Bcase ey were noth Inghut the depente and una earch fora mediating she, for ad Fee ode ter ince crucible of rang so mt give tale ee ‘ence othe rempora disappearance of ce sensible, Tn this see, cis always ue oy cha a poem what Rimbaud, in A Seon in Hel allan lehimie du verb an ‘alchemy ofthe word” Bat thisaldeny, unite dhe che kind, sa thought—a hough of what here is inasmuch athe “thee from this women onward beholden co the poner evacuation and incement that belong langage “The emblem ofthe urprsented and insenuibe malple out of which ‘mathemati mes eth isthe void he empey at “The emblem ofthe cose or open mule whichis held athe edge fis dnpperance and whove rth le in poy, the Earth, th ‘eal and aflame Earth of which Malar declarer Ye Ln sh Eat fr foe igh, Che ain sty precedente? very uth whether bound cali o exzace fam the ag of ‘aural language above all «pour Truth has power ove is ova in ate becoming, Ica provide fragmented ancipaton of univere without cmpleon. Tecan fra a inference about what the anivere Soul be ifthe offs of eu ail underway were iil Tomed unfold wih i “Tiss how. when confonted with 2 new and porent theorem, conse- quences tat an ret though and oblige to underak etry new ‘eres undergo ssesmene Whats Pom? 2 ‘Buc it bo how new methods of poetic thought ae drawn from founding posers new survey ofthe resources of language, and not rerely he dlghe ken in a fash of presence ‘hac Rimbaud ercsims: “Method, we afin declares tithe i “in shary to Gnd the place and the for Inula" Or, for that matter, that Mallarmé eadeaoe to round the poem asascience: oe august dough ence ‘The yn fal as sia Inthe bef my paces, ‘Ai bet at eal” “Though when conceived asthe thought af pesene upon hakggound ‘ dapperance pcr isan media acon, ike ever lr gue of 2 teh, isauos program of though, 2 power ancpzon Fring of language crated by the advent ofan “he” language tat a on ianent and res, ‘Bur at thesame time as ita powe every uth salsa poweessns. Fo what rath has jradition over cannot bes tote “Thac uth and tole ae incompatle i without doubt the dere sive—or post-Hegsian—teaching of modernity. “aaqus Lacan expressed cn 2 Faous aposia fom his Seminar OUI Trt canoor be i “whle” Ie can ony be balsa [edi Bue Mallarmé himsel had teady cxiicaed the Penasians, whom he ‘aid "ake the hing whole and show ic” Wheteby, he add, “they mis he myers” "Whatre3 tush maybe a tut of on cannot dam that i thie ‘hing “ntl” oF tha provides 1s ital expoion. The poets ey latory power turns around an eign, so that marking out the ery point this enigma the poweler Real of the ower the at hiss, try i leer” genuine imperative, When Malin sacs hit “thee muscaays be enigma in poy” he inaugurtes an tie of my ‘ery founded on the respect, by the power of «uth of is own pint of pores” ‘The myery i ey spaking, cat every posi uth less wes cen cen wha it dos tot hae th power to bing ine presence Tna more ger ene, a uth lays encounes—ina poet of what inhas invested the limi tht proves cha itis hi single eth and 0 the seléconsiotes of the Wholea Wes Pome ‘That every th chou it my proce wo infin isequaly bays a singulc procedures ated inthe Rel by leone pin of power estos ras Malarme sy, "rock, fie manor immedi eraporaed in mi he imposed inion nig Avr comes up ans the rock ofits own singulain, and iti only there dart set pote, haa rth eit Te sel his obtace the saab The unvamable ha hing whan naming ent be Fred bya uth, Tha thing whose entrance Ine rah morn ei] eu el enna ane vty rene of erat grounded inthe Real byt own wonamabe lf we now return tthe Platonic opposition beeen the poem ad he inatheme we ca sk the flwing question: Wha direst “athe Resear iin what concer tei respective unnamabler—nathe naa ts rm pete wh? Mathematica lnguge is chara by deductive ei By se ase underand he eapcy tn p amet in uch way dha ther quence constrained, cht he se of eet bid through th procedure wiumphany survives he es of conan. The fet of contain derives fom the loi codng tha ndetes mathe ‘rac onlog. The elec of eonsiteney ise, Wht in fa consent deo? ther ch hater are eran ht tite onibe within A theory consent if there exit let one "or ‘eo sarement nits language that's oe insribable within to chat the doer not admit aver "Hom ths pia of view onsstency atts to the theory angular hough Were any semen whatever tobe admin the tory, there woul be no difrencebeowen "gammatily correc sateen” and 1 here eid aatemere” Thor woul! be nohing Du r= ‘mar and would think aching. “The principle of consistency is what sigs mathematic to an onto~ Jogi sation of cought (ane situadon de de pens what ‘aie othr mathematics nota mete ae le "But we know, ier Gel, that conseny is precy th name pein of meena 10's not posible ora mathematical theory toc lsh che natement oft vn consiency a verde, te now ta o pcr, we an se that what hance is Jtscapaciey co anesthe powers of language fae Every poex bring ower nc ngage, the power of cecal fering the dusppearance of Whar is a Poem? % wha presents Or though the poet eceson ofits appearance ‘he power of producing preece isla ea Neverthe his power of language peisly what the poco cana same Is crate this pomer by dang upoa che tent song of lan tage. epon i infinie sour, upon the novel of asenage- Ba Posty canoe fsa this infinite, precy bec iothe inf of Language that he poem aes lf onder toda the pose ofan age ard she frnton of disappearance "We can therefne sy hac 1 a ifnice power devoted rene rei the unnamable of poe. “The infinite of ngusge the pomeesmes immanent the poems «ff of powe: ‘Malin represents this pint of powereies or ofthe uonambe i sc esc evo wap Fic of al nthe way that de eee of the poem pesues a guarantee that can nee constiute nor peal validate Thi gustan tat ff lnguage undentood as order or aye "Wha inchpin do I het, tid thse cons, forinelighily There must be a guaranise—Sy- tax Within the poem, yo eh tent power in which the eoncast eeen presence an diappearance (bing 2 nothings) can rset i seco he inligle Bursyntaxcanno be pci, however Er may push it dori, I opertes without preening el Malle hen cll iniater hace could neve bea poet ofthe poem, a metpocmn. Thi i the ene sens of the famous “poy” this ie that names nothing che “banned bbelot of sonorous nanny” Dulles the pry woud be the name of what the poem is ape of to bring forth fom language» coming o presence that was previously i Pome Save shat hs same precy nota mame-—i 2 mame that hoe nt same So tha the poe (he Maser of language) cakes this fake ‘me wich im into he grave: (Fo he Mane as gone td es fom te So ‘Wi chissle cet th Nig ain * Insc iloaly crane the infinite of languge the poem tnaing, for he poem ite unnamable. The poem, which has no other tole bs thar of manfeig he power of language, is poweds 0 name this power veidialy. "Thi sb wha: Rimbsud mesne when he ace his own posi en-36 Whar Pom What it Poon? ” erp of madoes." OF cous, he poem “noes she inespressible” oe wi, a subuction fiom she power ofthe ue. A poine dha i ily "faeneverigoe” Batts madnes 9 beleve that can both seize one taking "unforesble” by he omer af eth, watever this rth may be. agin and mane the profound and general outer of these notations, these nal fom deft tat the inate power of anguage ithe una feng. As an ectve though har cannot name i own pone, he tle of ce poo, philosophy wil esin the conviction that tong 35 poem remains forever unfounded, In Rimbaud eye, this maker = th lcerpetation tay bes che meaning thatthe interpret achieves oon of ophinms "explained my mais opis withthe al tl ace ground the capaci for meaning alin ther word, that ‘sion of wards tgth an nee evel he meaning of meaning, he sere of ese ‘Moveott fiom his very fis woes onward, Rimbaud rematked the ‘ht banished the poor beer be superset poetic though can- presence in the poem, understood subj, of «Fundamental ie tut be he toughe of ought. For au par, we wil welcome the oe ‘ony: The poem akin 0» power tha rene: anguage a esse permits ss ge the chim ha the ingly oF bough {Sey "too bad forthe wood that coven iawn” ot its nos ‘in be repcd by he thinking ofthis hough faethe brass wakes up « bugle” ‘erwern the consistency ofthe meme andthe power othe poem — For Rimbaud, the unnamabl of pes hinking isc his hike sho unnamabler—philsophy renouncs is efor to establish the ing elf conidere i pening out, isis coming, This ea coming, ] use that el up the arc Inti sense—afer the poem andthe thar is ale chat of che Init asi enes ito langage i he form of Imam, 2nd under thei thinking condion plop the ee le song er inthe guise of he spony cha bewiches presence: "I watch sal inking ofthe malic of coughs. ‘ove the opening ou f my thought T wach tens re ith However, pilosphy ci be heen nly fc abs fom ud ty bors thesmpony nein che depehs,o ess suddenly ono the Inge poem, and mos ofl rr dhe wish (nen iis by way oe seine tine borowed rom this oh poet) of imparting ay oll sons ‘We cold shut ay thie the unnarsble proper to she matheme she Ihaed upon ie Mort oen—shiris Row Pato understood philosophy conrinency of langue, wile che one prope fo pou che power af ton othe poem tis means the flowing vo demand the dsolion of gue. the mnynety of he poem 0 delineate fom he out he imi of the lasophy wilin tum place itself under the double conivon of be ower af langage This comes down ro forcing the uname, "Pl poem and the matheme, stems bth of chee power of veracity and oF Tong” against the modern poem, Even gest poet can end up Par ‘hei powerlesnes, ther unnamable Tonizingin thir eee, Lee me pe you 20 example Phlwopy ithe general thecy of being andthe vena cd ogee, bye cht wos a a pln gf bed tent afwhich the name alone romaine =F > Prulosphy vil recognize sit, in summoning the tention of wht appear, ery naming ofan event oF ofthe even presence isin ‘cence pci Tell also recognize thet every flit che even, every work thet takes place near being ad ha guided by = preseripon that nothing an ground, mut demonstrate «rigor whow paaigs is mathematic Fey mus submit ielf to dhe discipline of a consnuous consent Buc fam the fc tht consistency isthe unnarable ofthe mathere plilphy wl rein he impossibly fs eomplte relive founds Hon, togeter with the notion thac every sem possess a beahing$3. A French Philosopher Responds to a Polish Poet, Some years go, when the soci aes were binning ocallaps, poet cam fom the Eas 2 ue pee. Reogazed by his people, Reg ined by the pre that every yes unde the guarantee ofthe Nori ew ‘rly, solemnly dasgats for he world whois Gree Weiter ae, “Thispotwithedt give us fistral eso, Who then, wasthis"an” this "we"? "We" people of che West and in pariclr "we" French, {aed through dhe nui ie hat binds ut out mow recent poets ‘Cosa Milo old eat afer Mallarmé we, andthe Wet with vere tapped ina hopeless etmticim, Thar we bad drained he source ofthe pom. That philosophical absuacton wa like a laciation ofthe ‘entry of poetics. And tha the Fase umed wih it grea sfering the isacan of son ving word, coud led back othe path ofa pocry Sang bya ene penpe He ale sold uy his great Pl that che poy of the West had sve cumbel to dose and an opaciy a whose origin thee lay asubecire ccs a forging f the world and ofthe abst, And hat the poem needed both 10 conserve and to provide a knowledge devoted to the ‘wealth withou rere of what presen ill. Tavieed to let my seatimens be known, I woot his bie wipe, which is devoted othe eatdina poine of che gusto, 2) Hermeticim Is Mallumé «heme poe I would be quite eo deny the existence as A Frc Pipher Responds Poli Pact » fan cigs ft re, Bs wn i gnc tnifiristt be rnay Sng topes” dn rt The pom that dpe noe an pe son orien ted png he wri cons Te fs Spain fhe pon eh nen oro a 1 slots cbc The wolves bape oe th cpr te poe, te wel sac hig wane prac treacle nef poco arng gc operon sepa Tey et esp ret ype penn nd pons oe ep ‘Lice prem cig awe eed toe ai er Sinbetcdy Shc laa as awe pred wth or a ae, screwing wi neni of angst ‘Seamingi espa llr es ep aon” teeth ponte he Nal ofn Sosa he omen te recion pre een a rs prc pT pc tccated on Slo fe aj npr pry eee ‘Strano theme ir on, War rn iene ‘Seman Sningbs the porn emcnay bane smameny Spiess cn yon cg nse ‘Stated bythe eg Th eer men spo Sesame po prone: Ot es dr oocopenee Tsui to eck of ketch nie eis rere ste wenn on tdeand wee ek tun inspection Malet oom acs oso epee ror Sou tyes any ie The posn mane Sein rope {Sn Heeger nts oy donned “There ines nse oen—noin ot aww ian bt le tin at pos Bee pcm on Gaon abo tn ees The pom ses pce The wpe peepee vege eal we ingle Te gay cp oy, ich the sion cs wopunand depen ae ps ne come ps Sepecetoag!TT 0 A French Philp Ron 4 Poli Pet Malar cle this psig of though tas imaneat the poem -vanpostion” : “Tarpon oa a ippeatnce, a ofthe pox: “The pare wo ines eon dpe fe oe ea oe gh nena stn ha ch porn Babjtie TORIEINT ith veryeppsterasetil sony of temabje fhe ar uanaposion pode in the mit of langg is naan objet of any sor barnes Le. The pce species gh (esl sua ofcstcennoe Fh desguaces the paceteble mare of thepooms pete” deve sujet hats hs been liad, ‘ionton cha inthe cody prin aes the eno prec. “fetish Cosalaion te Sea the seo she Tomb ‘Bolly, eanpusion aanga—berween the clcuionay apes anal prs the pression option teh the esos on and ening, ting inepenen in the gat of he eng {hunny them Gas Mallard sy The bur meaning moves Th arange iso chow meshes “remeron mig ah up ine monemenc ofthe pt int arageert ad oC 0 iter tha ths movement opens Beer the eclipse ofthe sje {the dain a hej nd har wha this movement procs on tee Hemet wile tan acu, isthe slogan of piu n= comprehension of ur tims, Ti dopin cones 2 major ave: The found simultane 0 the themes othe bj and he Tajo The oun reat erable bereen though, wich ov ofa ube and proencewhich go Beyood the abe. “Ase th eipmat te poo tc, aol evo sede ‘urdore oan he pean of che poem we ge up ons ee fe se eplld byte obscure inlanon fee, bee rCheee es diftent and suspect wid arp ve the wih 2 Malarne wes so Haun hinge nthe fereound perth, tke sacs eno svete y the pest of the insane” A French Philoapher Repost Poli Pet ” 1) To Whom is the Poem Addressed? ‘The poem x a exemplary wy, dened everyone. Nomore and no los than mata, Thi reel because nee the poem nor the Imam kes pewons ac accoune representing intend a the 0 ex ‘eres o language, he put univers. “There can bes denagogial goer which thinks it address everyone caus borrows i ieament fom the opinions ofthe day. There can alo bea degenerate mathemati the servi ofthe eutent oppor tis prod bybusoes and esnology. Ba hese ate impoveed hes that define oople—the ones ade —in crs of how they ae Aligned with dst creursanen If people ate define, in an egaliztian Stance by hc apc fraught ig the nly sens hata be Aocbed to the rte equali-~cen the operations of te poem an the ‘Saco of mathematic ofr he pradg of what is ares coal. "Mallarmé calls thi egalitarian “al the crowd” and hie mous 2nd achieved Book barns ober dese han hi cowel "The Crd ithe condition for the presence of the peesen. Millar ‘igorouly indies hat is pack is without a present for reasons that ome downto the abence of an ealitatan cow: "Theres no Present, ova preset doesnt eit, Unk the Crowd dee isl" fase sala, at we hve yr so zx~teres toy adieace bee ean Ean and Wes eating the poe resources, i should eeainly fot be asctbed tose, ut het tha, om Leip 0 Bejing. the cro (phage) dedars isl. Tis istorcldelation (r rather, these declartioos) conse a present and modify (perhaps che con tins of the poem, In che naming of 28 event, che operation ofthe poem tan eit ve tency of the cod, The poem then Beams posible as ‘geen con. TF ohe cow doc ot deel, sit id noc inthe West during he sneanchaly ight, and, eqn the te of Mallarmé then the poem {pose only inthe form of what Mallarmé cle "sited action.” Rested ain ano way ales the fc that the poem is addres co he eptasian cod, Bu instead ofthe even, i point of deparare i {Beabwence of th event Iie thar ts malady or bck, and otis declared Jncernent athe ese ofthe crowd, bat the pom tums sto a mate forthe emergence of constellation, Within an impoverished sation, the poet must sls the clement with which o stage the scifi eo——— 2 A Prec Piluper Responds to Polih Pa ely of moment of genes. Rerticted action demands that the poet soubor tie mow innate deeeons—f his mos inden ces and hi shores joy—s0 ao ansipatethe Ie. Os as Malemé Spel says The wits, within dhe text must nominate himsel—of Ii il of thse dragons Beha pampered or ofa momen of appines— he piri despa ifeodey these pehape a difvencebecween East and Ws its ct tainly nt dowaste a rion dhe dese ofthe poem, which taps and everywhere by right he Crowd Tris upsteam, in dhe cond- ‘Son ofthe ocr, which nthe Eas perhaps authorized o underake {eral action and in the West Forde momen iid eo resticed ae om Thiam prepare o concede o Mile, supposing that his poli preions tro ome ue something thats nt cern “The foregoing dinton affects the Me shan its material. espa: rarer oa he operations ofthe per les than the linguistic dimensions (Gat thse operons involve, Ox, to borow 2 category fom Michel Depa iene mater of knowing wich laon vo wha asec ofthe poem Jecan bes ha hii ike the The ares of execs of hit" fom ‘which the pre notion ie otn rece in the West and posi ge ‘alin he Ear. “Thisis because every diffrence within the poem i etablbe les a Aierence beeen languages than a dlzence within language, be tween dow reiters hat operations ofthe poem are capable of eat Inga given moment nine «) Paul Celan [she fiom the Eat, thi Paul Anche, born in ga in Cerne? Ie om the West, his Pl Clan, avid to Giselle de Lesage ying in {oye in Pai hee be kad lived since 948 Ibe fom Cente Burope, {ha poe ofthe Germas langunge? Oris he fiom elsewhere fom ey she his ew? "Whar does ths pot elu, as dhe ls poet ofan pack ofthe poem whose diane prophes is Heel which begins with Mallarmé ad Rimbdand double incor wii its sonpe Tall, esos, and Man- detent Fist ofall, Celan cls wt cata direction for the chinking of our epoch cannot come fom a8 pen pce, rom a grap of the Whole A French Pipher Responds Polith Poet » ‘Our epoch is disoriened and devoid of pene same The poem (and tere ne id the theme of rested action sai) must Bend itself fora arom passage But for he pom o pat tvough the narownes ofthe time, eu nak and facture thie narownes with something fle and leony Foran Idea amenning ge"), ora presence to ats, ca epoch demnds ‘Be conjunction, within che operaians ofthe poem, ofthe preied at tomes ofa at and of tbe slestory Bg of a ark, Cec ws Kien (0 (Cla in Jon Fesnes eansation From the earower it gi iscoming oo, hha bythe din of ue ‘pean th” (Clan then el stat anasto and peslous a the path maybe, thee ae to sing chat we knw about we ta, conta tothe delartons ofthe modern sphiss, there ln indeed a faed pointe, No everything is caught in the alppage of ln- tug une he mae vaio eeurences. 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