著者
鶴岡 賀雄
出版者
宗教哲学会
雑誌
宗教哲学研究 (ISSN:02897105)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.19, pp.13-28, 2002 (Released:2019-03-21)

How is the term “mysticism” used today? Does this term remain scientifically or philosophically significant? Michel de Certeau’s works on the mysticism (la mystique) are provocative attempts to confront this problem. In this paper I recapitulate Certeau’s concept of mysticism, by examining (in chronological order) his important texts on the subject. Though his manner of writing and methodological procedures became progressively more sophisticated and his analyses of the historical contexts of both past mystics and contemporary scholars developed over time, I believe that his understanding of the nature of mysticism remained essentially the same from his earliest treatise to his last. For Certeau, mysticism is the “impossible investigations” of individuals who are seized by a desire to situate the ineffable encounter with the Infinite (what Christians may call God) in the historical reality of this world, through language, action and interaction. However, Certeau maintains that mystical endeavours are always doomed to fail, as the Infinite can never be completely situated in this world. Thus, driven by a desire to fill the void created by the absence of the ineffable, mystics cannot avoid going beyond conventional representations (theories, practices, institutions, experiences, etc.) of the Infinite in order to find more adequate means of expression. This conceptualization of mysticism that does not emphasize the moment of presence of the Infinite in mystical experiences but rather stresses a profound sense of its absence, provides new ways in which to interpretate the writings and actions of mystics, and new ways in which to further consider the nature of the Infinite itself.

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"精神分析と神秘主義の類比も興味深い。両者が多くの語彙や発想を共有していることは縷説を要しまいが、セルトーによれば両者はともに、崩壊しつつある時代原理—— 近代神秘主義にとっては中世キリスト教世界、精神分析にとっては近代個人主義世界——を、その崩壊を感知(続く https://t.co/kjmxjyxXSw
読んだ論文。鶴岡賀雄「現前と不在――ミシェル・ド・セルトーの神秘主義研究――」『宗教哲学研究』19号、2002、13-28頁 https://t.co/O6bnJONc9I

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