A Kynical View on Corporeality: Jeanette Winterson’s Non-Philosophy in "Written on the Body"

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Cristina Diamant
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: Science-fiction writers tend to side either with the flesh, holding that “ all is body/matter, ” or with the machine, believing that “ all is mind, ” and these two divergent perspectives translate into either a protectionist or an accelerationist attitude. They can, however, be seen as interpenetrating agencements (Charles T. Wolfe), as is the case of Donna Haraway ’ s “ cyborg ” as an emerging political form, especially in feminist science-fiction works. Jeanette Winterson ’ s novels may seem to slowly turn away from the flesh since Written on the Body , from Gut Symmetries to The PowerBook and The Stone Gods . The present paper aims to suggest that what Written on the Body expresses is the heightening of kynicism (Peter Sloterdijk) towards both the flesh and the machine, all while rejecting cynical reason. The novel offers the reader an ec-static understanding of desire and loss, as well as the possibility of spiritual rather than spiritualist sans-philosophie (François Laruelle).
体现观:珍妮特·温特森《写在身体上》中的非哲学
:科幻作家倾向于要么站在肉体一边,认为“一切都是身体/物质”,要么站在机器一边,相信“一切皆是思想”,这两种不同的观点转化为保护主义或加速主义的态度。然而,他们可以被视为相互渗透的机构(查尔斯·T·沃尔夫),就像唐娜·哈拉韦的“半机械人”作为一种新兴的政治形式一样,尤其是在女权主义科幻作品中。珍妮特·温特森的小说从《写在身上》、《肠道对称》到《权力书》和《石头神》,似乎都在慢慢地远离肉体。本文旨在表明,《写在身上》所表达的是对肉体和机器的kynicism(彼得·斯洛特迪克)的强化,同时拒绝愤世嫉俗的理性。这部小说为读者提供了对欲望和损失的静态理解,以及无哲学的精神主义者(François Laruelle)的可能性。
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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory
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