Įkvepianti kasdienybės galia

Abstract

Straipsnyje plėtojama kasdienybėje išryškėjančių patirčių – įkvėpimo ir estetinio patyrimo – deskripcija ir interpretacija. Atskleidus šių patirčių epistemologinius motyvus, parodoma, kad įsigalėjusi pasyvaus subjektyvizmo nuostata, kuria pateisinamas kasdienės ir „aukštosios kultūros“ lygiavertiškumas, implikuoja fundamentalų patirties ir kasdienybės fenomenų nesupratimą

The article aims to interpret some daily phenomena (such as inspiration or aesthetic experience) and to show how everydayness becomes a full-fledged sphere of culture and an object of philosophical investigation. It is assumed that with the disappearance of the boundaries between lower and higher cultures, the meaning of a specific way of perception (understanding), which transforms everydayness into a purposeful sphere of culture, does not disappear, but, on the contrary, becomes even more significant. The ontological distinction between daily and higher culture, which had been dominating in the public discourse for a long time, has been transformed into epistemological distinction functioning in the private (intrasubjective) sphere. Therefore, culture is no longer considered to be a place of objective values but rather treated as a mode of an individual relationship with reality. The consideration of this conception starts by highlighting some methodical principles that enable to treat various daily phenomena (that are usually considered as having no cultural significance) as the objects of philosophical investigation. These phenomena are analyzed mostly in the light of the methodological assumptions of Merab Mamardashvili and Bruno Latour. These thinkers urge to regard daily events and experience not as meaningless cases of contingency but rather treat them as a fertile material for philosophical consideration. It is assumed that the daily accidents, though seemingly rather small and of little significance, can draw and focus our attention (such cases are called breaks), and reveal some fundamental structures of being.[...]