Material Information |
| Title: |
Tolerance and the Landscape of Others |
| Physical Description: |
Book |
| Language: |
English |
| Creator: |
Pillsbury, Christian |
| Publisher: |
New College of Florida |
| Place of Publication: |
Sarasota, Fla. |
| Creation Date: |
2008 |
| Publication Date: |
2008 |
Subjects |
| Subjects / Keywords: |
Deleuze, Gilles
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice
Otherness |
| Genre: |
bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt )
government publication (state, provincial, terriorial, dependent) ( marcgt )
born-digital ( sobekcm )
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Notes |
| Abstract: |
In this thesis, I explore and develop a theory of otherness, relying on the existing methodological, ontological, and otherness-related writings by both Gilles Deleuze and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. The first part begins with a methodological approach that maintains a priority of the immanence of experience, which gives only an implicated or "indirect" ontology as the immanent conditions of those experiences. Next, I offer a critique of Merleau-Ponty's ontological framework and its implications on otherness, suggesting that his ontology loses the priority of immanence. After this, I suggest that Deleuze's ontological concept of chaos functions to maintain this priority of immanence, allowing for a conception of otherness without appeal to identity or resemblance. The second part then explicates my theory of otherness, derived from Deleuze's conceptualization of the other as "the expression of a possible world." By exploring the limits of this conceptualization, along with Merleau-Ponty's notion of another as always- already being "near" to us and our world, I argue that this limit can be found in the expression of what is experienced as non-sense, one that shows a fundamental difference between this world and an other. I conclude by suggesting a potential for bridging this difference, followed by a new concept of tolerance in relation to this theory of otherness. |
| Statement of Responsibility: |
by Christian Pillsbury |
| Thesis: |
Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2008 |
| Electronic Access: |
RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Source of Description: |
This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. |
| Local: |
Faculty Sponsor: Flakne, April |
Record Information |
| Source Institution: |
New College of Florida |
| Holding Location: |
New College of Florida |
| Rights Management: |
Applicable rights reserved. |
| Classification: |
local - S.T. 2008 P6 |
| System ID: |
NCFE003991:00001 |
|
Material Information |
| Title: |
Tolerance and the Landscape of Others |
| Physical Description: |
Book |
| Language: |
English |
| Creator: |
Pillsbury, Christian |
| Publisher: |
New College of Florida |
| Place of Publication: |
Sarasota, Fla. |
| Creation Date: |
2008 |
| Publication Date: |
2008 |
Subjects |
| Subjects / Keywords: |
Deleuze, Gilles
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice
Otherness |
| Genre: |
bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt )
government publication (state, provincial, terriorial, dependent) ( marcgt )
born-digital ( sobekcm )
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Notes |
| Abstract: |
In this thesis, I explore and develop a theory of otherness, relying on the existing methodological, ontological, and otherness-related writings by both Gilles Deleuze and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. The first part begins with a methodological approach that maintains a priority of the immanence of experience, which gives only an implicated or "indirect" ontology as the immanent conditions of those experiences. Next, I offer a critique of Merleau-Ponty's ontological framework and its implications on otherness, suggesting that his ontology loses the priority of immanence. After this, I suggest that Deleuze's ontological concept of chaos functions to maintain this priority of immanence, allowing for a conception of otherness without appeal to identity or resemblance. The second part then explicates my theory of otherness, derived from Deleuze's conceptualization of the other as "the expression of a possible world." By exploring the limits of this conceptualization, along with Merleau-Ponty's notion of another as always- already being "near" to us and our world, I argue that this limit can be found in the expression of what is experienced as non-sense, one that shows a fundamental difference between this world and an other. I conclude by suggesting a potential for bridging this difference, followed by a new concept of tolerance in relation to this theory of otherness. |
| Statement of Responsibility: |
by Christian Pillsbury |
| Thesis: |
Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2008 |
| Electronic Access: |
RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Source of Description: |
This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. |
| Local: |
Faculty Sponsor: Flakne, April |
Record Information |
| Source Institution: |
New College of Florida |
| Holding Location: |
New College of Florida |
| Rights Management: |
Applicable rights reserved. |
| Classification: |
local - S.T. 2008 P6 |
| System ID: |
NCFE003991:00001 |
|