%0 Journal Article
%T Aesthetic Experience, Mimesis and Testimony Aesthetic Experience, Mimesis and Testimony
%A Roger W. H. Savage
%J ¨¦tudes Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies
%D 2012
%I University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
%R 10.5195/errs.2012.114
%X In this article, I relate the demand that Paul Ricoeur suggests mimesis places on the way we think about truth to the idea that the work of art is a model for thinking about testimony. By attributing a work¡¯s epoch¨¦ of reality to the work of imagination, I resolve the impasse that arises from attributing music, literature, and art¡¯s distance from the real to their social emancipation. Examining the conjunction, in aesthetic experience, of the communicability and the exemplarity of a work reveals how Ricoeur¡¯s definition of mimesis as refiguration relates to the ¡°rule¡± that the work summons. This ¡°rule¡± constitutes the solution to a problem or question for which the work is the answer. In conclusion, as a model for thinking about testimony, the claims that works make have a counterpart in the injunctions that issue from exemplary moral and political acts.   Dans cet article, j¡¯¨¦tablis un lien entre l¡¯exigence que, selon Paul Ric ur,la mim¨¨sis place dans notre fa on de penser la v¨¦rit¨¦, et l¡¯id¨¦e que l¡¯ uvre d¡¯art est un mod¨¨le pour penser le t¨¦moignage. Appliquant l¡¯¨¦poch¨¦ de la r¨¦alit¨¦  ¨¤ l¡¯oeuvre d¡¯imagination,  j¡¯¨¦vite l¡¯impasse qui se dresse lorsqu¡¯on attribue la musique, la litt¨¦rature et la distance artistique du r¨¦el ¨¤ leur ¨¦mancipation sociale. L¡¯¨¦tude de la conjonction du caract¨¨re communicable et exemplaire d¡¯une  uvre ¨C dans l¡¯exp¨¦rience esth¨¦tique - met en lumi¨¨re la relation que la d¨¦finition par Ric ur de la mim¨¦sis comme refiguration ¨¦tablit avec la ¡°r¨¨gle¡± que l¡¯ uvre convoque. Cette r¨¨gle est la solution au probl¨¨me auquel l¡¯oeuvre apporte une r¨¦ponse. Finalement, un  mod¨¨le pour penser le t¨¦moignage peut ¨ºtre trouv¨¦ dans des oeuvres qui trouvent leur contrepartie dans les injonctions  produites par les actions morales et politiques exemplaires.
%K Aesthetic experience
%K Mimesis
%K Judgment
%K Testimony
%U http://ricoeur.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ricoeur/article/view/114