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Affective Consisting in Lispector’s an apprenticeship or the Book of Pleasures

Affective Consisting in Lispector’s an apprenticeship or the Book of Pleasures Abstract At first glance, Clarice Lispector’s An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures (1969) might read like a regression from her earlier feminist and anti-Hegelian Passion According to G.H. (1964), given the female protagonist Lóri’s deference in large part to the male character Ulisses. I argue in this essay that any suspicion of such a philosophical letdown can be easily dispelled if we attend to Lóri’s attunement to affects and her immersion in them. As will be explicated in this essay, such an affective investment signals, on the one hand, a return to Spinoza’s philosophy, thus suggesting a resistance toward the claim of a Hegelian philosophical system to surpass Spinoza; on the other hand, this investment, which exceeds the parameters of Spinoza’s philosophy as well, allows Lóri to put into practice an affective philosophy that is not only feminist but also nonanthropocentric. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Angelaki Taylor & Francis

Affective Consisting in Lispector’s an apprenticeship or the Book of Pleasures

Angelaki , Volume 28 (2): 11 – Mar 4, 2023
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
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1469-2899
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0969-725X
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10.1080/0969725X.2023.2192067
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Abstract

Abstract At first glance, Clarice Lispector’s An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures (1969) might read like a regression from her earlier feminist and anti-Hegelian Passion According to G.H. (1964), given the female protagonist Lóri’s deference in large part to the male character Ulisses. I argue in this essay that any suspicion of such a philosophical letdown can be easily dispelled if we attend to Lóri’s attunement to affects and her immersion in them. As will be explicated in this essay, such an affective investment signals, on the one hand, a return to Spinoza’s philosophy, thus suggesting a resistance toward the claim of a Hegelian philosophical system to surpass Spinoza; on the other hand, this investment, which exceeds the parameters of Spinoza’s philosophy as well, allows Lóri to put into practice an affective philosophy that is not only feminist but also nonanthropocentric.

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AngelakiTaylor & Francis

Published: Mar 4, 2023

Keywords: affect; Spinoza; feminism; consisting

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