The present essay consists of a confrontation between the proposals of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Maurice Blanchot, with the aim of determining the place that the criticism of subjectivism in artistic expression occupies in the thinking of both authors. The foregoing is manifested in the approach of a mode of existence that challenges the constitution of a subject from the presence of an excess that escapes the subjective interiority. To this end, firstly, it will be analyzed the Blanchotean proposal of ‘insomnia’ and then linked with its approach to writing towards a suspension of the subject. Then, Merleau-Ponty's proposal on chiasm in body sensitivity will be addressed, recognizing related plot movements between both thoughts. Having done the above, a new way of understanding artistic expression will be recognized based on the proposals that both authors have of the excess.
Keywords:
insomnia, chiasm, body, expression, literature
Author Biography
Paulina Morales Guzmán, Universidad Diego Portales
Candidata a Magíster en Pensamiento Contemporáneo en la Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile. Licenciada en Filosofía y Licenciada en Estética por la Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Morales Guzmán, P. (2020). From Insomnia in Blanchot to Chiasm in Merleau-Ponty: figures of excess. Resonancias. Revista De Filosofía, (7), 58–71. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-790X.2019.56220
