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'''Étienne Souriau''' (April 26, 1892 – November 19, 1979) was a French philosopher, best known for his work in aesthetics. | '''Étienne Souriau''' (April 26, 1892 – November 19, 1979) was a French philosopher, best known for his work in aesthetics. | ||
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+ | The most extensive English-language introductions to Souriau's work to date are [[#VitryMaubrey1985|Vitry Maubrey 1985]] and [[#Latour2011|Latour 2011]]. | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
(in French unless noted) | (in French unless noted) | ||
===Books=== | ===Books=== | ||
− | * ''Pensée vivante et perfection formelle'', Paris, 1925; new ed., Paris: PUF, 1952. Principal doctoral thesis. | + | * ''Pensée vivante et perfection formelle'', Paris: PUF, 1925; new ed., Paris: PUF, 1952. Principal doctoral thesis. |
− | * ''L'Abstraction sentimentale'', Paris, 1925; new ed., Paris: PUF, 1951. Secondary doctoral thesis. | + | |
+ | * ''L'Abstraction sentimentale'', Paris: PUF, 1925; new ed., Paris: PUF, 1951. Secondary doctoral thesis. | ||
+ | |||
* ''L'Avenir de l'esthétique: essai sur l'objet d'une science naissante'', Paris: PUF, 1929. | * ''L'Avenir de l'esthétique: essai sur l'objet d'une science naissante'', Paris: PUF, 1929. | ||
+ | ** [The Future of Aesthetics], trans. Celesta Pirwitz, 1976. Unpublished typescript. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/future-of-aesthetics/oclc/43398004] {{en}} | ||
** partial trans. in ''I percorsi delle forme'', Milan: B. Mondadori, 1997, pp 156-165 & 388-394. {{it}} | ** partial trans. in ''I percorsi delle forme'', Milan: B. Mondadori, 1997, pp 156-165 & 388-394. {{it}} | ||
− | + | ||
* ''Avoir une âme'', Paris: Belles-Lettres, 1939. | * ''Avoir une âme'', Paris: Belles-Lettres, 1939. | ||
+ | |||
* ''L'Instauration philosophique'', Paris: PUF, 1939. | * ''L'Instauration philosophique'', Paris: PUF, 1939. | ||
− | * ''Les Différents modes d'existence'', Paris: PUF, 1943; new ed., intro. Isabelle Stengers and Bruno Latour, 2009. | + | |
+ | * ''[http://mega.co.nz/#!4RpAiDRZ!SbdzLfJFiCIZ4kaVuEirM4G0SrHmfHD8xKZOnsMeHNE Les Différents modes d'existence]'', Paris: PUF, 1943; new ed., intro. Isabelle Stengers and Bruno Latour, 2009. | ||
** ''I differenti modi di esistenza'', trans. F. Domenicali, forthcoming 2015. {{it}} | ** ''I differenti modi di esistenza'', trans. F. Domenicali, forthcoming 2015. {{it}} | ||
− | * ''La Correspondance des arts'', Paris: Flammarion, 1947. | + | |
− | ** ''La | + | * ''La Correspondance des arts'', Paris: Flammarion, 1947; new ed. as ''La Correspondance des arts, science de l'homme: éléments d'esthétique comparée'', Paris: Flammarion, 1969, 320 pp. |
− | * '' | + | ** Etjen Surio, ''Odnos među umetnostima: problemi uporedne estetike'', trans. Miloš Jovanović, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1958, 296 pp. {{cr}} |
+ | ** ''La correspondencia de las artes: elementos de estética comparada'', trans. Margarita Nelken, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1965, 353 pp. {{es}} | ||
+ | ** ''La corrispondenza delle arti'', trans. Raffaele Milani, Firenze: Alinea, 1988. {{it}} | ||
+ | |||
* ''Les Deux cent mille situations dramatiques'', Paris: Flammarion, 1950. | * ''Les Deux cent mille situations dramatiques'', Paris: Flammarion, 1950. | ||
− | ** Etjen Surio, ''[[Media:Surio_Etjen_Dvesta_hiljada_dramskih_situacija.pdf|Dvesta hiljada dramskih situacija]]'', trans. Mira | + | ** Etjen Surio, ''[[Media:Surio_Etjen_Dvesta_hiljada_dramskih_situacija.pdf|Dvesta hiljada dramskih situacija]]'', trans. Mira Vuković, Belgrade: Nolit, 1982. {{sr}} |
− | * with Charles Lalo and P. Le Goupils, ''Esthétique industrielle'', Paris: PUF, 1952. | + | ** ''As duzentas mil situações dramáticas'', São Paulo: Atica, 1993, 230 pp. {{br-pt}} |
− | * editor, ''L'Univers filmique'', Paris: Flammarion, 1953. | + | |
+ | * with Charles Lalo and P. Le Goupils, ''Esthétique industrielle'', Paris: PUF, 1952, 190 pp. Consists of articles from ''Revue d'esthétique'', Jul-Dec 1951. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * editor, ''L'Univers filmique'', Paris: Flammarion, 1953, 210 pp. Anthology of texts from the filmology movement. | ||
+ | |||
* ''L'Ombre de dieu'', Paris: PUF, 1955. | * ''L'Ombre de dieu'', Paris: PUF, 1955. | ||
− | + | ||
* ''Le Sens artistique des animaux'', Paris: Hachette, 1965. | * ''Le Sens artistique des animaux'', Paris: Hachette, 1965. | ||
** ''Il senso artistico degli animali'', trans. M. Porro, Milan: Mimesis, 2002. {{it}} | ** ''Il senso artistico degli animali'', trans. M. Porro, Milan: Mimesis, 2002. {{it}} | ||
− | * ''La | + | |
+ | * ''La Poésie française et la peinture'', London: Athlone Press, 1966, 52 pp. Lecture. | ||
+ | |||
* ''Clefs pour l'esthétique'', Paris: Seghers, 1970. | * ''Clefs pour l'esthétique'', Paris: Seghers, 1970. | ||
+ | |||
* ''La couronne d'herbes. Esquisse d'une morale sur des bases purement esthétiques'', Paris: U.G.E., 1975. | * ''La couronne d'herbes. Esquisse d'une morale sur des bases purement esthétiques'', Paris: U.G.E., 1975. | ||
+ | |||
* ''L'Avenir de la philosophie'', Paris: Gallimard, 1982. | * ''L'Avenir de la philosophie'', Paris: Gallimard, 1982. | ||
− | * | + | |
+ | * with Anne Souriau, ''Vocabulaire d'esthétique'', Paris: PUF, 1990, 1408 pp; Paris: PUF, 2004. Review: [http://www.erudit.org/revue/philoso/1991/v18/n2/027163ar.pdf Gravel] (1991), [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/phlou_0035-3841_1993_num_91_91_6814_t1_0513_0000_2 Pascale] (1993). | ||
+ | ** ''Encyklopedie estetiky'', Prague: Victoria Publishing, 1994, 939 pp. {{cz}} | ||
+ | ** ''Diccionario Akal de estética'', trans. Ismael Grasa Adé, et al., rev. Fernando Castro Flórez, Madrid: Akal, 1998, 1087 pp. [http://books.google.com/books?id=Z9rH7cPw-yoC&printsec=frontcover] {{es}} | ||
; Courses at Sorbonne | ; Courses at Sorbonne | ||
− | + | * ''La Condition humaine vue à travers l’art'', Paris: C.D.U., 1962?. | |
− | * ''La Condition humaine vue à travers l’art'', Paris: | + | * ''Les Grands problèmes de l’esthétique théâtrale'', Paris: C.D.U., 1956, 101 pp. |
− | * ''Les Grands problèmes de l’esthétique théâtrale'', Paris: | ||
** ''Estetica del teatro'', trans. & ed. C. Cappelletto, Milan: Mimesis, 2015. {{it}} | ** ''Estetica del teatro'', trans. & ed. C. Cappelletto, Milan: Mimesis, 2015. {{it}} | ||
− | * ''Les Catégories esthétiques'', Paris: | + | * ''Les Catégories esthétiques'', Paris: C.D.U., 1966, 107 pp. |
− | * ''Les Structures de l’œuvre d’art'', Paris: | + | * ''Les Structures de l’œuvre d’art'', Paris: C.D.U., 1956, 109 pp. |
+ | * ''L'Évolution du besoin esthétique à travers les ages'' [1960-61], Paris: C.D.U., 1964, 107 pp. | ||
+ | * ''Les structures maîtresses de l'oeuvre d'art'', Paris: C.D.U., 1966, 109 pp. | ||
===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||
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* "Le Hasard, les equilibres cosmiques et les perfections singulières", ''Les études Philosophiques'' 15:1 (1941), pp 13-15. | * "Le Hasard, les equilibres cosmiques et les perfections singulières", ''Les études Philosophiques'' 15:1 (1941), pp 13-15. | ||
** [http://academia.edu/4334442 "Chance, Cosmic Equilibriums and Singular Perfections"], trans. Kris Pender, n.d. {{en}} | ** [http://academia.edu/4334442 "Chance, Cosmic Equilibriums and Singular Perfections"], trans. Kris Pender, n.d. {{en}} | ||
− | * [http://scribd.com/doc/237496106 "Time in the Plastic Arts"], trans. Marjorie Kupersmith, ''The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism'' 7:4 (Jun 1949), pp 294-307; repr. in ''Reflections on Art: A Source Book of Writings by Artists, Critics and Philosophers'', ed. Susanne K. Langer, John Hopkins Press, 1958. {{en}} | + | * "Étude critique: Les fonctions psychologiques et les œuvres d’après I. Meyerson", ''Journal de Psychologie Normale et Psychologique'' 41 (1948), pp 480-481. |
+ | * "Le cube et le sphere", in ''Architecture et dramaturgie'', ed. A. Villiers, Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pp 63-83. An address delivered at Sorbonne on 9 Dec 1948, before the Center of Philosophical and Technical Studies in the Theatre. | ||
+ | ** "The Cube and the Sphere", trans. Claude P. Viens, ''Educational Theatre Journal'' 4:1 (Mar 1952), pp 11-18. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3204036] {{en}} | ||
+ | * [http://scribd.com/doc/237496106 "Time in the Plastic Arts"], trans. Marjorie Kupersmith, ''The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism'' 7:4 (Jun 1949), pp 294-307; repr. in ''Reflections on Art: A Source Book of Writings by Artists, Critics and Philosophers'', ed. Susanne K. Langer, John Hopkins Press, 1958, pp 122-141. {{en}} | ||
* "La structure de l'univers filmique", ''Revue internationale de filmologie'' 2:7-8 (1951), pp 231-240. | * "La structure de l'univers filmique", ''Revue internationale de filmologie'' 2:7-8 (1951), pp 231-240. | ||
** [http://www.montage-av.de/pdf/062_1997/06_2_Etienne_Souriau_Die_Struktur_des_filmischen_Universums.pdf "Die Struktur des filmischen Universums und das Vokabular der Filmologie"], trans. Frank Kessler, ''montage/av'' 6:2 (1997), pp 140-157. {{de}} | ** [http://www.montage-av.de/pdf/062_1997/06_2_Etienne_Souriau_Die_Struktur_des_filmischen_Universums.pdf "Die Struktur des filmischen Universums und das Vokabular der Filmologie"], trans. Frank Kessler, ''montage/av'' 6:2 (1997), pp 140-157. {{de}} | ||
* [http://scribd.com/doc/253635080 "Art et Philosophie"], ''Revue philosophique'' 144 (1954), pp 1-21. | * [http://scribd.com/doc/253635080 "Art et Philosophie"], ''Revue philosophique'' 144 (1954), pp 1-21. | ||
* [http://scribd.com/doc/253635065 "Charles Lalo"], ''Revue philosophique'' 144 (1954), pp 171-173. | * [http://scribd.com/doc/253635065 "Charles Lalo"], ''Revue philosophique'' 144 (1954), pp 171-173. | ||
+ | * [http://scribd.com/doc/253635068 "A General Methodology for the Scientific Study of Aesthetic Appreciation"], trans. Van Meter Ames, ''The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism'' 14:1 (Sep 1955), pp 1-18. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/426638] {{en}} | ||
* [http://scribd.com/doc/253635066 "La part de la contemplation"], ''Revue philosophique'' 151 (1961), pp 179-200. | * [http://scribd.com/doc/253635066 "La part de la contemplation"], ''Revue philosophique'' 151 (1961), pp 179-200. | ||
* [http://scribd.com/doc/253635074 "Du génie en philosophie"], ''Revue philosophique'' 165:2 (Apr-Jun 1975), pp 129-146. | * [http://scribd.com/doc/253635074 "Du génie en philosophie"], ''Revue philosophique'' 165:2 (Apr-Jun 1975), pp 129-146. | ||
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==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
− | * Luce de Vitry Maubrey, ''La | + | * Mikel Dufrenne, ''Phénoménologie de l'expérience esthétique'', Paris: PUF, 1953. |
− | * Cecile Cloutier, ''[ | + | ** ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=148cfd576d1cc311fd88359a52c905c5 Phenomenology of Aesthetic Experience]'', trans. Edward S. Casey, et al., Northwestern University Press, 1973. {{en}} |
− | * Luce de Vitry Maubrey, [[Media: | + | * Henry Corbin, ''Alone With the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi'' [1958], Princeton University Press, 1969; 1997, pp 290-293. {{en}} Compares Qur'anic ta'wil (esoteric interpretation) to Souriau's account of transition from virtual existence to supraexistence. |
+ | * Luce de Vitry Maubrey, ''La pensée cosmologique d'Étienne Souriau'', Paris: Klinsieck, 1974. | ||
+ | * Cecile Cloutier, ''[http://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/bitstream/11375/9397/1/fulltext.pdf L'Esthétique d'Etienne Souriau]'', McMaster University, 1977. Thesis. | ||
+ | * ''Revue d'esthétique'' 3-4: "L'Art instaurateur", Paris: U.G.E., 1980. Special issue on Souriau. | ||
+ | * Christian Metz, "Sur un profil d'Etienne Souriau," ''Revue d'esthétique'' 3-4 (1980), pp 143-160. | ||
+ | ** "A Profile of Etienne Souriau", ''On Film'' 12 (Spring 1984), pp 5-8. {{en}} | ||
+ | * {{a|VitryMaubrey1985}} Luce de Vitry Maubrey, [[Media:Vitry_Maubrey_Luce_de_1985_Etienne_Souriaus_Cosmic_Vision_and_the_Coming-Into-Its-Own_of_the_Platonic_Other.pdf|"Etienne Souriau's Cosmic Vision and the Coming-Into-Its-Own of the Platonic Other"]], ''Man and World'' 18:3 (1985), pp 325-345. {{en}} | ||
* Bruno Latour, [http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/98-SOURIAU-FR.pdf "Sur un livre d'Etienne Souriau ''Les Différents modes d'existence''"], n.d. | * Bruno Latour, [http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/98-SOURIAU-FR.pdf "Sur un livre d'Etienne Souriau ''Les Différents modes d'existence''"], n.d. | ||
− | ** [http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/downloads/98-SOURIAU-GRAHAM-GB.pdf "Reflections on Etienne Souriau's Les différents modes d'existence"], trans. Stephen Muecke, in ''The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism'', eds. Bryant, Srnicek and Harman, Melbourne: re.press, 2011. {{en}} | + | ** {{a|Latour2011}} [http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/downloads/98-SOURIAU-GRAHAM-GB.pdf "Reflections on Etienne Souriau's Les différents modes d'existence"], trans. Stephen Muecke, in ''The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism'', eds. Bryant, Srnicek and Harman, Melbourne: re.press, 2011. {{en}} |
* Leonard Lawlor, "A Note on the Relation between Étienne Souriau's ''L'Instauration philosophique'' and Deleuze and Guattari's ''What is Philosophy?''", ''Deleuze Studies'' 5:3 (2011), pp 400-406. [http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/dls.2011.0028] {{en}} | * Leonard Lawlor, "A Note on the Relation between Étienne Souriau's ''L'Instauration philosophique'' and Deleuze and Guattari's ''What is Philosophy?''", ''Deleuze Studies'' 5:3 (2011), pp 400-406. [http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/dls.2011.0028] {{en}} | ||
* [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Souriau#Bibliografia_su_Souriau more] | * [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Souriau#Bibliografia_su_Souriau more] | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
− | * http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Étienne_Souriau | + | * [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Étienne_Souriau Souriau at French Wikipedia] |
Revision as of 23:39, 6 March 2015
Étienne Souriau (April 26, 1892 – November 19, 1979) was a French philosopher, best known for his work in aesthetics.
The most extensive English-language introductions to Souriau's work to date are Vitry Maubrey 1985 and Latour 2011.
Works
(in French unless noted)
Books
- Pensée vivante et perfection formelle, Paris: PUF, 1925; new ed., Paris: PUF, 1952. Principal doctoral thesis.
- L'Abstraction sentimentale, Paris: PUF, 1925; new ed., Paris: PUF, 1951. Secondary doctoral thesis.
- L'Avenir de l'esthétique: essai sur l'objet d'une science naissante, Paris: PUF, 1929.
- [The Future of Aesthetics], trans. Celesta Pirwitz, 1976. Unpublished typescript. [1] (English)
- partial trans. in I percorsi delle forme, Milan: B. Mondadori, 1997, pp 156-165 & 388-394. (Italian)
- Avoir une âme, Paris: Belles-Lettres, 1939.
- L'Instauration philosophique, Paris: PUF, 1939.
- Les Différents modes d'existence, Paris: PUF, 1943; new ed., intro. Isabelle Stengers and Bruno Latour, 2009.
- I differenti modi di esistenza, trans. F. Domenicali, forthcoming 2015. (Italian)
- La Correspondance des arts, Paris: Flammarion, 1947; new ed. as La Correspondance des arts, science de l'homme: éléments d'esthétique comparée, Paris: Flammarion, 1969, 320 pp.
- Etjen Surio, Odnos među umetnostima: problemi uporedne estetike, trans. Miloš Jovanović, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1958, 296 pp. (Croatian)
- La correspondencia de las artes: elementos de estética comparada, trans. Margarita Nelken, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1965, 353 pp. (Spanish)
- La corrispondenza delle arti, trans. Raffaele Milani, Firenze: Alinea, 1988. (Italian)
- Les Deux cent mille situations dramatiques, Paris: Flammarion, 1950.
- Etjen Surio, Dvesta hiljada dramskih situacija, trans. Mira Vuković, Belgrade: Nolit, 1982. (Serbian)
- As duzentas mil situações dramáticas, São Paulo: Atica, 1993, 230 pp. (Brazilian Portuguese)
- with Charles Lalo and P. Le Goupils, Esthétique industrielle, Paris: PUF, 1952, 190 pp. Consists of articles from Revue d'esthétique, Jul-Dec 1951.
- editor, L'Univers filmique, Paris: Flammarion, 1953, 210 pp. Anthology of texts from the filmology movement.
- L'Ombre de dieu, Paris: PUF, 1955.
- Le Sens artistique des animaux, Paris: Hachette, 1965.
- Il senso artistico degli animali, trans. M. Porro, Milan: Mimesis, 2002. (Italian)
- La Poésie française et la peinture, London: Athlone Press, 1966, 52 pp. Lecture.
- Clefs pour l'esthétique, Paris: Seghers, 1970.
- La couronne d'herbes. Esquisse d'une morale sur des bases purement esthétiques, Paris: U.G.E., 1975.
- L'Avenir de la philosophie, Paris: Gallimard, 1982.
- with Anne Souriau, Vocabulaire d'esthétique, Paris: PUF, 1990, 1408 pp; Paris: PUF, 2004. Review: Gravel (1991), Pascale (1993).
- Encyklopedie estetiky, Prague: Victoria Publishing, 1994, 939 pp. (Czech)
- Diccionario Akal de estética, trans. Ismael Grasa Adé, et al., rev. Fernando Castro Flórez, Madrid: Akal, 1998, 1087 pp. [2] (Spanish)
- Courses at Sorbonne
- La Condition humaine vue à travers l’art, Paris: C.D.U., 1962?.
- Les Grands problèmes de l’esthétique théâtrale, Paris: C.D.U., 1956, 101 pp.
- Estetica del teatro, trans. & ed. C. Cappelletto, Milan: Mimesis, 2015. (Italian)
- Les Catégories esthétiques, Paris: C.D.U., 1966, 107 pp.
- Les Structures de l’œuvre d’art, Paris: C.D.U., 1956, 109 pp.
- L'Évolution du besoin esthétique à travers les ages [1960-61], Paris: C.D.U., 1964, 107 pp.
- Les structures maîtresses de l'oeuvre d'art, Paris: C.D.U., 1966, 109 pp.
Articles
- "L'Algorithme musical", Revue philosophique 104 (Jul-Dec 1927), pp 204-241.
- "Esthétique musicale", Revue philosophique 111 (Jan-Jun 1931), pp 454-459.
- "Art et verité", Revue philosophique 115 (Jan-Jun 1933), pp 161-201.
- "Le Hasard, les equilibres cosmiques et les perfections singulières", Les études Philosophiques 15:1 (1941), pp 13-15.
- "Chance, Cosmic Equilibriums and Singular Perfections", trans. Kris Pender, n.d. (English)
- "Étude critique: Les fonctions psychologiques et les œuvres d’après I. Meyerson", Journal de Psychologie Normale et Psychologique 41 (1948), pp 480-481.
- "Le cube et le sphere", in Architecture et dramaturgie, ed. A. Villiers, Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pp 63-83. An address delivered at Sorbonne on 9 Dec 1948, before the Center of Philosophical and Technical Studies in the Theatre.
- "The Cube and the Sphere", trans. Claude P. Viens, Educational Theatre Journal 4:1 (Mar 1952), pp 11-18. [3] (English)
- "Time in the Plastic Arts", trans. Marjorie Kupersmith, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 7:4 (Jun 1949), pp 294-307; repr. in Reflections on Art: A Source Book of Writings by Artists, Critics and Philosophers, ed. Susanne K. Langer, John Hopkins Press, 1958, pp 122-141. (English)
- "La structure de l'univers filmique", Revue internationale de filmologie 2:7-8 (1951), pp 231-240.
- "Die Struktur des filmischen Universums und das Vokabular der Filmologie", trans. Frank Kessler, montage/av 6:2 (1997), pp 140-157. (German)
- "Art et Philosophie", Revue philosophique 144 (1954), pp 1-21.
- "Charles Lalo", Revue philosophique 144 (1954), pp 171-173.
- "A General Methodology for the Scientific Study of Aesthetic Appreciation", trans. Van Meter Ames, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 14:1 (Sep 1955), pp 1-18. [4] (English)
- "La part de la contemplation", Revue philosophique 151 (1961), pp 179-200.
- "Du génie en philosophie", Revue philosophique 165:2 (Apr-Jun 1975), pp 129-146.
- more
Bibliography
Literature
- Mikel Dufrenne, Phénoménologie de l'expérience esthétique, Paris: PUF, 1953.
- Phenomenology of Aesthetic Experience, trans. Edward S. Casey, et al., Northwestern University Press, 1973. (English)
- Henry Corbin, Alone With the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi [1958], Princeton University Press, 1969; 1997, pp 290-293. (English) Compares Qur'anic ta'wil (esoteric interpretation) to Souriau's account of transition from virtual existence to supraexistence.
- Luce de Vitry Maubrey, La pensée cosmologique d'Étienne Souriau, Paris: Klinsieck, 1974.
- Cecile Cloutier, L'Esthétique d'Etienne Souriau, McMaster University, 1977. Thesis.
- Revue d'esthétique 3-4: "L'Art instaurateur", Paris: U.G.E., 1980. Special issue on Souriau.
- Christian Metz, "Sur un profil d'Etienne Souriau," Revue d'esthétique 3-4 (1980), pp 143-160.
- "A Profile of Etienne Souriau", On Film 12 (Spring 1984), pp 5-8. (English)
- Luce de Vitry Maubrey, "Etienne Souriau's Cosmic Vision and the Coming-Into-Its-Own of the Platonic Other", Man and World 18:3 (1985), pp 325-345. (English)
- Bruno Latour, "Sur un livre d'Etienne Souriau Les Différents modes d'existence", n.d.
- "Reflections on Etienne Souriau's Les différents modes d'existence", trans. Stephen Muecke, in The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism, eds. Bryant, Srnicek and Harman, Melbourne: re.press, 2011. (English)
- Leonard Lawlor, "A Note on the Relation between Étienne Souriau's L'Instauration philosophique and Deleuze and Guattari's What is Philosophy?", Deleuze Studies 5:3 (2011), pp 400-406. [5] (English)
- more