Rancière's Critique of Sartre's"Philosopher King"in the Light of the"Abso-lute Style":Centred on Flaubert
Influenced by the"art for art's sake"trend,Flaubert formed a unique"absolute style"of writing,and he deliberately maintained an objective narrative style,avoiding expressing his own intentions in his works.However,Sartre believed that literature should take its corresponding social responsibility,and the au-thor should convey the corresponding ideas with the help of his works.Therefore,Flaubert's"non-involvement"became the focus of Sartre's criticism.As a relatively recent thinker,Flaubert's"absolute style"and Sartre's reaction also received Rancière's attention.Based on the idea of"radical equality",in contrast to Sartre,Rancière not only believed that the"absolute style"actually liberated the reader,but also criticised Sartre's existentialist interventionist view of literature as a kind of"philosopher king"arrogance.Therefore,taking"absolute style"as a clue,the root of Rancière's criticism of Sartre's intellectual posture could be found.
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