Machinations versus Mechanization: Desire in Thomas Hardy’s “On the Western Circuit”

Machinations versus Mechanization: Desire in Thomas Hardy’s “On the Western Circuit”

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, Thomas Hardy’s reading included articles and reviews published in Mind: a Quarterly Review of Philosophy, a publication that provided a forum for debate on contemporary issues in philosophy and psychology. In the wake of the publication of Darwin’s On the Or...

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मुख्य लेखक: Ferguson, Trish
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désir
regard
philosophie
déterminisme
évolutionnisme
libre arbitre
psychologie
volonté
desire
gaze
philosophy
volition
psychology
free will
determinism
evolutionism
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:fathom_795 https://doi.org/10.4000/fathom.795 urn:doi:10.4000/fathom.795 en https://journals.openedition.org/fathom/795 2018-04-23T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/gaix All rights reserved Machinations versus Mechanization: Desire in Thomas Hardy’s “On the Western Circuit” FATHOM Association française sur les études sur Thomas Hardy info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2270-6798 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/fathom Ferguson, Trish désir regard philosophie déterminisme évolutionnisme libre arbitre psychologie volonté desire gaze philosophy volition psychology free will determinism evolutionism Toward the end of the nineteenth century, Thomas Hardy’s reading included articles and reviews published in Mind: a Quarterly Review of Philosophy, a publication that provided a forum for debate on contemporary issues in philosophy and psychology. In the wake of the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, these disciplines explored questions related to the role played by evolution in our existence and the nature of human emotions. This paper argues that in “On the Western Circuit” Hardy examines desire in the context of debates over free will and determinism, positing that desire places humankind in a conundrum that involves both loss of an individual’s volition and also an increased need to exert free will to secure the object of desire. This paper will also contend that in “On the Western Circuit”, Hardy uses regulatory systems, such as the law, to explore the possibility of containing and managing desire, also considering the act of writing itself as a potential tool through which desire can be analysed and controlled. Les lectures de Thomas Hardy dans les dernières années du dix-neuvième siècle comprenaient des articles et recensions d’ouvrages publiés dans le magazine Mind: a Quarterly Review of Philosophy (L’esprit : mensuel de philosophie), qui servait de forum aux débats du temps en matière de philosophie et de psychologie. Influencées par la publication de L’Origine des espèces de Darwin, ces deux disciplines cherchaient à analyser l’impact du processus d’évolution sur notre mode de vie et sur la nature des émotions humaines. Cet article utilise la nouvelle « On the Western Circuit » pour montrer comment Hardy interroge la nature du désir, à la lumière des débats contemporains sur le déterminisme ou le libre arbitre. Il démontre que le désir confronte l’être humain à un paradoxe : tout en abdiquant à l’autre sa volonté, il impose dans le même temps tout son libre arbitre pour s’assurer l’objet de son désir. L’article montre en outre que dans cette nouvelle, Hardy explore la manière dont des institutions telles que la loi tentent de contenir et de réguler les désirs ; l’acte d’écriture lui-même devient alors un instrument visant à analyser et contrôler le désir.
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topic désir
regard
philosophie
déterminisme
évolutionnisme
libre arbitre
psychologie
volonté
desire
gaze
philosophy
volition
psychology
free will
determinism
evolutionism
spellingShingle désir
regard
philosophie
déterminisme
évolutionnisme
libre arbitre
psychologie
volonté
desire
gaze
philosophy
volition
psychology
free will
determinism
evolutionism
Ferguson, Trish
Machinations versus Mechanization: Desire in Thomas Hardy’s “On the Western Circuit”
description Toward the end of the nineteenth century, Thomas Hardy’s reading included articles and reviews published in Mind: a Quarterly Review of Philosophy, a publication that provided a forum for debate on contemporary issues in philosophy and psychology. In the wake of the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, these disciplines explored questions related to the role played by evolution in our existence and the nature of human emotions. This paper argues that in “On the Western Circuit” Hardy examines desire in the context of debates over free will and determinism, positing that desire places humankind in a conundrum that involves both loss of an individual’s volition and also an increased need to exert free will to secure the object of desire. This paper will also contend that in “On the Western Circuit”, Hardy uses regulatory systems, such as the law, to explore the possibility of containing and managing desire, also considering the act of writing itself as a potential tool through which desire can be analysed and controlled.
author Ferguson, Trish
author_facet Ferguson, Trish
author_sort Ferguson, Trish
title Machinations versus Mechanization: Desire in Thomas Hardy’s “On the Western Circuit”
title_short Machinations versus Mechanization: Desire in Thomas Hardy’s “On the Western Circuit”
title_full Machinations versus Mechanization: Desire in Thomas Hardy’s “On the Western Circuit”
title_fullStr Machinations versus Mechanization: Desire in Thomas Hardy’s “On the Western Circuit”
title_full_unstemmed Machinations versus Mechanization: Desire in Thomas Hardy’s “On the Western Circuit”
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