Cook

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani does not devote any sustained analysis to James Cook. He cites him as a historical reference point, almost always in order to situate Kant. For him, Cook is a navigator contemporary with the philosopher, the discoverer of the South Seas1, and he names him among the great navigators of that era2. He uses this connection to explain the prestige of spatial and geographical metaphors in the thought of the time, which the exploration of the globe made meaningful34. The reference comes up in very different contexts: a session on Nerval, another on Popper, a reflection on evil as a "dis-knowledge" of oneself, and a session on the idea of revolution from Copernicus to Lenin. In the session on Greek mythology, he mentions Cook in connection with the discoveries in Oceania5. From one session to the next, the name serves the same purpose. It links a philosophical vocabulary of exploration, limits and territories to the historical experience of the voyages of discovery.

1. 1Popper (Karl)3 Dec 2019 · 1:00:13
2. 2De Copernic à Lénine: Révolution !28 Aug 2026 · 46:33
3. 3#4.3 Angélique (de Nerval)11 Dec 2017 · 51:04
4. 4Le Mal ou la "déconnaissance" de soi2 Dec 2024 · 50:03
5. 5Mythologie Grecque31 Dec 2018 · 47:36

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.