Maurice Blanchot
1907–2003
“The space of literature — writing as the disappearance of the writer.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- SRSkeptical Reflex9 / 10
- MRMystical Receptivity8 / 10
- SISelf as Illusion8 / 10
- TVTragic Vision6 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Eve Kosofsky SedgwickPILGRIM
Epistemology of the Closet — paranoid and reparative reading.
- Lev ShestovPILGRIM
Athens and Jerusalem — reason cannot judge the absurdity of faith.
- Sara AhmedPILGRIM
The Promise of Happiness — affect that wills us to align.
- Edmond JabèsPILGRIM
The Book of Questions — the question outliving every answer.
- José Esteban MuñozTOUCHSTONE
Cruising Utopia — queerness as the not-yet-here.
- Julia KristevaPILGRIM
Abjection — the borders the self draws to remain itself.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Maurice Blanchot's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Maurice Blanchot or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREMaurice Blanchot vs Eve Kosofsky SedgwickOn Mull's map Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 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 ▶