The duty to create un beau vivant

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  • Johann-Albrecht Meylahn University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17570/stj.Supp.2019.v5n2.a18

Abstract

This chapter, in honour of Johan Cilliers, will not seek to engage his extensive oeuvre, but rather focus on a single text (2011), Fides Quaerens pulchrum: Practical theological perspectives on the desire for beauty, which I believe encapsulates something of Johan Cilliers' passion as well as fits into the theme of this volume. From his article certain key terms or even themes can be identified. I will engage these key themes by bringing them into conversation with the thoughts of Lacan and Hegel, and thereby enter into a conversation with his article and honour his thought. The key themes that I have identified from this article are the following: beauty, imagination, art, art theory, aesthetics, Ästhetik des Hässlichen, Negativschönen, desire, the good, and lastly the consequences of these various concepts for practical theology.

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Published

2019-12-05

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2019): Academic essays in honour of Johan Cilliers

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General Articles (articles from all theological disciplines)

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