The Phenomenology of Pain and Pleasure: Henry and Levinas
While Henry and Levinas are often juxtaposed, little attention has been given to their shared views on pain and pleasure. Both phenomenologists converge on the argument that an adequate account of pain and pleasure requires a critical confrontation with the theory of intentionality. This raises fur...
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While Henry and Levinas are often juxtaposed, little attention has been given to their shared views on pain and pleasure. Both phenomenologists converge on the argument that an adequate account of pain and pleasure requires a critical confrontation with the theory of intentionality. This raises further questions. What roles do interiority and exteriority play in pain and pleasure? Should they be conceived as different tonalities of one essence or as heterogenous phenomena? Despite their shared critique of intentionality, Henry and Levinas respond differently to these questions. We argue that Henry’s account suffers from an imprisonment in immanence, leading to a homogenous account of pain and pleasure as derivatives of one essence. In our view, Levinas points toward a more fruitful phenomenological account, both in so far as he does not divorce pain and pleasure from exteriority, and also in the way his phenomenology preserves the heterogeneity of pleasure and pain.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b6a7cfa3e234c39b6226b73bbff6e612024-04-12T16:38:27ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghJournal of French and Francophone Philosophy2155-11622024-04-01311/210.5195/jffp.2023.1050The Phenomenology of Pain and Pleasure: Henry and LevinasEspen Dahl0Theodor Sandal Rolfsen1UiT - the Arctic University of NorwayUiT - The Arctic University of Norway While Henry and Levinas are often juxtaposed, little attention has been given to their shared views on pain and pleasure. Both phenomenologists converge on the argument that an adequate account of pain and pleasure requires a critical confrontation with the theory of intentionality. This raises further questions. What roles do interiority and exteriority play in pain and pleasure? Should they be conceived as different tonalities of one essence or as heterogenous phenomena? Despite their shared critique of intentionality, Henry and Levinas respond differently to these questions. We argue that Henry’s account suffers from an imprisonment in immanence, leading to a homogenous account of pain and pleasure as derivatives of one essence. In our view, Levinas points toward a more fruitful phenomenological account, both in so far as he does not divorce pain and pleasure from exteriority, and also in the way his phenomenology preserves the heterogeneity of pleasure and pain. http://www.jffp.org/ojs/jffp/article/view/1050phenomenologyMichel HenryEmmanuel Levinaspainpleasure |
| spellingShingle | Espen Dahl Theodor Sandal Rolfsen The Phenomenology of Pain and Pleasure: Henry and Levinas Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy phenomenology Michel Henry Emmanuel Levinas pain pleasure |
| title | The Phenomenology of Pain and Pleasure: Henry and Levinas |
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| title_short | The Phenomenology of Pain and Pleasure: Henry and Levinas |
| title_sort | phenomenology of pain and pleasure henry and levinas |
| topic | phenomenology Michel Henry Emmanuel Levinas pain pleasure |
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