The Empire of the Gaze: From Foucauldian dispersed power to Kundera’ s kitsch (A Case Study of the Unbearable Lightness of Being)

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DANYALI AREF

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Journal: Journal of Philosophical Investigations in Scopus Year:2020 | Volume:13 | Issue:29 Page(s): 217-237

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The Empire of the Gaze: From Foucauldian dispersed power to Kundera’ s kitsch (A Case Study of the Unbearable Lightness of Being)

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dispersed powerQ1

kitschQ1

the aesthetics of the accidentQ1

ontological similarityQ1

the gazeQ1

FoucaultQ1

KunderaQ1

Abstract

The main issue in this paper is to find the relationship between the concepts of Foucauldian dispersed power and Kundera’ s kitsch in The Unbearable Lightness of Being a novel authored by Milan Kundera. In other words, the main question here is how the concept of kitsch accompanies and interweaves dispersed power concept. One main objective in this comparative literary study, focusing a Foucauldian reading on The Unbearable Lightness of Being, is to argue that kitsch phenomenon in Kundera’ s literary work cannot be explained without going beyond power relations in traditional reading. This argument leads us to Foucauldian different reading on the concept of power relations. Foucault and Kundera bring about power without agency/subject: A Empire of the gaze. In their readings, power/ kitsch alludes to concepts going beyond communism/liberalism dichotomy. This study discusses decontextualized power versus centralized power, the aesthetics of the accident versus public aesthetics, a unique issue versus ontological similarity, author centeredness versus the death of the author. These dichotomies are the fruits of a paradigmatic shift on power concept in modern era. Therefore, this study can show the consequences of modern power in four aspects, namely politics, aesthetics, ontology and literature. This study, on one hand, has some ramifications on highlighting philosophical criticism in novel criticism, on the other hand, the linkage between post-modern school of thought and Kundera’ s novels.

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DANYALI, AREF. (2020). The Empire of the Gaze: From Foucauldian dispersed power to Kundera’ s kitsch (A Case Study of the Unbearable Lightness of Being). PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION (JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF LETTERS AND HUMANITIES) (TABRIZ), 13(29 ), 217-237. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/140888/en

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DANYALI AREF. The Empire of the Gaze: From Foucauldian dispersed power to Kundera’ s kitsch (A Case Study of the Unbearable Lightness of Being). PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION (JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF LETTERS AND HUMANITIES) (TABRIZ)[Internet]. 2020;13(29 ):217-237. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/140888/en

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AREF DANYALI, “The Empire of the Gaze: From Foucauldian dispersed power to Kundera’ s kitsch (A Case Study of the Unbearable Lightness of Being),” PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION (JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF LETTERS AND HUMANITIES) (TABRIZ), vol. 13, no. 29 , pp. 217–237, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/140888/en

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