Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
1950–2009
“Epistemology of the Closet — paranoid and reparative reading.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- SRSkeptical Reflex7 / 10
- SISelf as Illusion7 / 10
- TVTragic Vision6 / 10
- VAVital Affirmation6 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Sara AhmedPILGRIM
The Promise of Happiness — affect that wills us to align.
- Julia KristevaPILGRIM
Abjection — the borders the self draws to remain itself.
- Luce IrigarayPILGRIM
Speculum of the Other Woman — sexual difference as philosophical ground.
- Lauren BerlantPILGRIM
Cruel Optimism — attachments to flourishing that obstruct it.
- Roland BarthesPILGRIM
The death of the author — text's pleasure lives in the reader.
- Susan SontagPILGRIM
Against Interpretation — the erotics of art beats hermeneutics.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREEve Kosofsky Sedgwick vs Sara AhmedOn Mull's map Sara Ahmed sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶