The Everlasting Voyage of Heteronymy: Badiou's Discussion about Pessoa and Plato

Abstract

Abstract: Through his analysis, Badiou discovers that the "heteronymy" thoughts in Pessoa's poems reflect his anti-Platonic tendency. Despite this, Badiou also notices the entangled connections between Pessoa's poems and Platonism. In fact, the modernity of Pessoa lies in his ambivalent position between Platonism and anti-Platonism; the task for contemplation poetry is not to pledge loyalty to Platonism or anti-Platonism. Instead, we should follow the poetic path opened up by Pessoa and create a philosophy about heterogeneity, void and infinity.

Key words: heteronymy, Pessoa, Badiou, Platonism, anti-Platonism

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Wang Huan, Lan Jiang. The Everlasting Voyage of Heteronymy: Badiou's Discussion about Pessoa and Plato[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art.

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