Levinas on Death - An interpretation of Edvard Munch’s The Death of Marat II (1907)
Due to Levinas we experience the death of the Other as the end of the Others capacity of expression. By interpreting Edvard Munch’s painting The Death of Marat that unlike David’s canonical painting of Marat is portraying both Marat and his killer Corday, I want to put Levinas’ thesis stating our re...
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The University of Akureyri
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Nordicum-Mediterraneum |
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| Online Access: | http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/vol-8-no-2-2013/58-conference-paper/402-levinas-on-death-an-interpretation-of-edvard-munch-s-the-death-of-marat-ii-1907 |