Vita e morte sulla scena invisibile

• Main Author: Caporale Mariangela
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it 2013-06-01
• Series: S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it
• Subjects: Kore; Morte
• Online Access: http://www.scienzaefilosofia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/res660641_15-CAPORALE.pdf

“The scene of the woman who is the clarity of death. The theatre of the maid who is the mistery of life”: this is the axis the article focuses on. Through the analysis of two dance performances – Praeparatio mortis by Jan Fabris and Kore by Virgilio Sieni – the article examines the nature of knowledge conceived as ideal vision of the truth. The reflection on life and death’s dance allows to criticize this approach, clarifying the limits of an epistemology that sclerotizes the philosophy as knowledge that is astonished before the truth. These are the limits of the science that derive from this epistemological tradition. The exemplar condition to know the being as the existence of the simply existent (Schelling) is the experience of the childbirth and maternity. Finally the article criticizes the scientific model that exalts every kind of artificial fecundation believed as the perfect opportunity to fulfill completely women’s freedom and her dignity.