Taiwan as Threshold: Paradigm in Agamben, Buddhism and Cape No. 7
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中外文學, 44(3), 061-104
Journal
中外文學
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
3
Pages
061-104
Date Issued
2015-09
Date
2015-09
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Abstract
This paper starts from an initial discussion of Wei De-Sheng’s film Cape
No. 7, trying to base its rendition of inter-ethnic co-presentation on Taiwan’s
guest ontology: the emerging ontological configuration of Taiwan qua a
settler society of serial colonialism. As simultaneously a research on Giorgio
Agamben, this paper subsequently expounds his theory, focusing on concepts
such as “whatever singularity,” “threshold,” “paradigm/example,” “as such,”
and “potentiality,” which are taken as theoretical reference for the discussion
of Taiwan. Additionally, since Agamben is influenced by the Madhyamaka-
Buddhist thinker N?g?rjuna, this paper embarks a discussion that connects
the two, accompanied by an analysis of D?gen. The aim is to experiment
with a trans-worldly theoretical model by way of conceptualizing possible
imbrications between Buddhism and Agamben’s thoughts. Returning to Cape
No. 7, the last part of this paper tries to illustrate the multiplicity of Taiwan as
threshold, and thereby envisages a way for Taiwan to figure as a paradigm in
the age of globalization.
Subjects
魏德聖，《海角七號》，台灣本體，阿甘本，任何特異，範例，如是，佛教，龍樹，道元
Wei De-Sheng, Cape No. 7, Taiwan’s ontology, Giorgio Agamben, whatever
singularity, paradigm, as such, Buddhism, N?g?rjuna, D?gen
singularity, paradigm, as such, Buddhism, N?g?rjuna, D?gen
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journal article
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