Kaleidoscopic Symposium: a multifaceted look at the beautiful bodies from Plato’s Banquet
We will focus this work on the Platonic treatment of the body at the Symposium, under a particular approach: to consider the dialogic dynamics of this text in the manner of a "kaleidoscope" through which Plato presents us with images, elaborates them, complicates them and transfor...
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| description | We will focus this work on the Platonic treatment of the body at the Symposium, under a particular approach: to consider the dialogic dynamics of this text in the manner of a "kaleidoscope" through which Plato presents us with images, elaborates them, complicates them and transforms them. We will attend in particular to the first four speeches, showing that already from the beginning there is in the dialogue a strong conceptual construction and a positive vision of the body, before the praise of Socrates. After this optical experience through the praise of Phaedrus, Pausanias, Eriximachus and Aristophanes, we will analyze the link between the sphere of corporeality and (1) sexual desire, (2) ethics and (3) happiness. We will conclude that in this dialogue Plato elaborates an anthropological model in which the role of the body is undoubtedly present for the philosophical search. Finally, we will weave a counterpoint with the film Il Banchetto di Platone by Marco Ferreri (1989), which recounts the meeting in the house of Agaton following the Platonic text almost to the letter. We will contrast our thesis with certain scenic decisions of the film, according to which the body is devalued to the darkest sphere of the purely sexual detached from the philosophical character. In the light of this counterpoint, we will return to the film, since there the corporeal is imposed as a clear protagonist and, although attached to the traditional hermeneutics of dialogue, it also opens the possibility of a critical reflection on the role that the body can have in philosophical action. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-359292021-12-08T02:27:02Z Kaleidoscopic Symposium: a multifaceted look at the beautiful bodies from Plato’s Banquet Simposio caleidoscópico: una mirada poliédrica hacia los cuerpos bellos del Banquete de Platón Sain, Abril Sofía Plato Symposium body sexual desire ethics happiness Platón Banquete cuerpo deseo sexual ética felicidad We will focus this work on the Platonic treatment of the body at the Symposium, under a particular approach: to consider the dialogic dynamics of this text in the manner of a "kaleidoscope" through which Plato presents us with images, elaborates them, complicates them and transforms them. We will attend in particular to the first four speeches, showing that already from the beginning there is in the dialogue a strong conceptual construction and a positive vision of the body, before the praise of Socrates. After this optical experience through the praise of Phaedrus, Pausanias, Eriximachus and Aristophanes, we will analyze the link between the sphere of corporeality and (1) sexual desire, (2) ethics and (3) happiness. We will conclude that in this dialogue Plato elaborates an anthropological model in which the role of the body is undoubtedly present for the philosophical search. Finally, we will weave a counterpoint with the film Il Banchetto di Platone by Marco Ferreri (1989), which recounts the meeting in the house of Agaton following the Platonic text almost to the letter. We will contrast our thesis with certain scenic decisions of the film, according to which the body is devalued to the darkest sphere of the purely sexual detached from the philosophical character. In the light of this counterpoint, we will return to the film, since there the corporeal is imposed as a clear protagonist and, although attached to the traditional hermeneutics of dialogue, it also opens the possibility of a critical reflection on the role that the body can have in philosophical action. Focalizaremos este trabajo en el tratamiento platónico del cuerpo en el Banquete, bajo un abordaje particular: el de considerar la dinámica dialógica de este texto al modo de un “caleidoscopio” a través del cual Platón nos presenta imágenes, las elabora, complejiza y transforma. Atenderemos en particular los primeros cuatro discursos, mostrando que ya desde el comienzo hay en el diálogo una construcción conceptual fuerte y una visión positiva del cuerpo, antes del elogio de Sócrates. Tras esta experiencia óptica a través de los elogios de Fedro, Pausanias, Erixímaco y Aristófanes analizaremos la vinculación entre la esfera de la corporalidad y (1) el deseo sexual, (2) la ética y (3) la felicidad. Concluiremos que en este diálogo Platón elabora un modelo antropológico en el cual el rol del cuerpo se hace indudablemente presente para la búsqueda filosófica. Finalmente, tejeremos un contrapunto con el film Il Banchetto di Platone de Marco Ferreri (1989), el cual relata el encuentro en la casa de Agatón siguiendo el texto platónico casi al pie de la letra. Contrapondremos nuestra tesis con ciertas decisiones escénicas del film, según las cuales el cuerpo queda devaluado a la esfera más oscura de lo puramente sexual desligado del carácter filosófico. A la luz de este contrapunto, regresaremos, no obstante, al film, ya que allí lo corporal se impone como un claro protagonista y, aunque apegado a la hermenéutica tradicional del diálogo, abre igualmente la posibilidad de una reflexión crítica sobre el rol que puede tener el cuerpo en la acción filosófica. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2021-12-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/35929 10.31056/2250.5415.v11.n3.35929 Ética y Cine Journal; Vol. 11 Núm. 3 (2021): Lo femenino. Varidades, visibilidades y viralidades; 25-35 2250-5415 2250-5660 10.31056/2250.5415.v11.n3 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/35929/36035 Derechos de autor 2021 Ética y Cine Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ |
| spellingShingle | Plato Symposium body sexual desire ethics happiness Platón Banquete cuerpo deseo sexual ética felicidad Sain, Abril Sofía Kaleidoscopic Symposium: a multifaceted look at the beautiful bodies from Plato’s Banquet |
| title | Kaleidoscopic Symposium: a multifaceted look at the beautiful bodies from Plato’s Banquet |
| title_alt | Simposio caleidoscópico: una mirada poliédrica hacia los cuerpos bellos del Banquete de Platón |
| title_full | Kaleidoscopic Symposium: a multifaceted look at the beautiful bodies from Plato’s Banquet |
| title_fullStr | Kaleidoscopic Symposium: a multifaceted look at the beautiful bodies from Plato’s Banquet |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kaleidoscopic Symposium: a multifaceted look at the beautiful bodies from Plato’s Banquet |
| title_short | Kaleidoscopic Symposium: a multifaceted look at the beautiful bodies from Plato’s Banquet |
| title_sort | kaleidoscopic symposium a multifaceted look at the beautiful bodies from plato s banquet |
| topic | Plato Symposium body sexual desire ethics happiness Platón Banquete cuerpo deseo sexual ética felicidad |
| topic_facet | Plato Symposium body sexual desire ethics happiness Platón Banquete cuerpo deseo sexual ética felicidad |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/35929 |
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