Antigona je mrtvá? Ať žije Isména?
Antigone is Dead? Long Live Ismene?
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2018Publisher
Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakultaSource document
Slovo a smysl - Word & SensePeriodical publication year: 2018
Periodical Volume: 15
Periodical Issue: 29
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Nový humanismus, tragédie, fikce, mýtus, racionalita, smrtelnost, pohřební rituály, manipulace, heroičnostKeywords (English)
new humanism, tragedy, fiction, myth, rationality, mortality, burial rituals, manipulation, heroismWho is Antigone for modern man? The author takes the Hegelian interpretation as the background
against which contemporary readings of Antigone appear. She emphasizes the fact that in the
now popular readings, Antigone is — as in Judith Butler’s interpretation — a spokeswoman of the
wretched and disadvantaged. Even though Butler retains Antigone’s heroic nature she places it in
the service of the disadvantaged. In Mary C. Rawlinson’s reading, her heroic individuality is openly
criticized, or this aspect is tempered as in the case of Bonnie Honig’s interpretation. In this context,
Ismene’s rehabilitation is especially telling. Stressing Ismene as the true heroin, the authors focus
on the openness for compromise and willingness to transform Antigone’s rage into new opportunities.
The author takes this to be a confirmation of Hegel’s death of tragedy in modernity. Despite
the popularity of Antigone today, the Greek heroin loses its grandiosity and monstrosity. The (post)
modern Antigone now appears as a prosaic character fit to inhabit a modernity that shows more understanding for the innocence of the victim than the ambiguity of the hero.