Abstract
This article explores the philosophical, aesthetic and historical bearings of the concept of 'image' in the works of the Cuban poet José Lezama Lima. Through the concept of 'dance-image', the first part of the article explains how Lezama Lima managed to set himself apart from Western metaphysics in order to develop a new approach to reality -a movement away from the traditional privilege given to the eye towards a sort ofacoustic logic. The second part shows how this philosophical turn inaugurated a new interpretation of America that rivaled with Hegel's History of the Spirit.
| Translated title of the contribution | Dance of the invisible: José Lezama Lima's image theory |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 81-95 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Atenea |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 515 |
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| State | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |