The Scandal of the Speaking Body: Don Juan with J. L. Austin, or Seduction in Two Languages by Shoshana Felman

The Scandal of the Speaking Body: Don Juan with J. L. Austin, or Seduction in Two Languages

Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics

Shoshana Felman

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What is a promise? What are the consequences of the act of promising? In this bold yet subtle meditation, the author contemplates the seductive promise of speech and the seductive promise of love. Imagining an encounter between Moli re's Don Juan ...

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