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'''Étienne Souriau''' (26 April 1892, Lille – 19 November 1979, Paris) was a French philosopher, best known for his work in aesthetics.
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'''Étienne Souriau''' (26 April 1892, Lille – 19 November 1979, Paris) was a French philosopher, best known for his work in aesthetics and filmology.  
  
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Together with Charles Lalo and Raymond Bayer he founded the journal ''Revue d'esthétique''. [http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/23435/1/Chartier_Yves_1986_La_musique_dans_la_Revue_desthetique.pdf]
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Souriau served as professor at the University of Aix-en-Provence (1925-29), then in Lyon, and from 1941 at Sorbonne. In 1948, together with Charles Lalo and Raymond Bayer he founded the journal ''Revue d'esthétique''. [http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/23435/1/Chartier_Yves_1986_La_musique_dans_la_Revue_desthetique.pdf]
  
 
The most extensive English-language introductions to Souriau's work to date are [[#VitryMaubrey1985|Vitry Maubrey 1985]] and [[#Latour2011|Latour 2011]].
 
The most extensive English-language introductions to Souriau's work to date are [[#VitryMaubrey1985|Vitry Maubrey 1985]] and [[#Latour2011|Latour 2011]].
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(in French unless noted)
 
(in French unless noted)
 
===Books===
 
===Books===
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* ''Pensée vivante et perfection formelle'', Paris: PUF, 1925; new ed., Paris: PUF, 1952. Principal doctoral thesis.
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* ''Pensée vivante et perfection formelle'', Paris: Hachette, 1925, xv+308 pp; new ed., Paris: PUF, 1952. Principal doctoral thesis. Review: [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/phlou_0776-555x_1927_num_29_13_2463_t1_0110_0000_2 Pialat] (1927).
  
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* ''L'Abstraction sentimentale'', Paris: PUF, 1925; new ed., Paris: PUF, 1951. Secondary doctoral thesis.
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* ''L'Abstraction sentimentale'', Paris: Hachette, 1925, v+144 pp; new ed., Paris: PUF, 1951. Secondary doctoral thesis. Review: [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/phlou_0776-555x_1927_num_29_15_2479_t1_0365_0000_3 Pialat] (1927).
  
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* ''L'Avenir de l'esthétique: essai sur l'objet d'une science naissante'', Paris: PUF, 1929.
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* ''L'Avenir de l'esthétique: essai sur l'objet d'une science naissante'', Paris: Alcan, 1929, viii+403 pp. Review: [http://www.jstor.org/stable/23910851 Couissin] (1929).
 
** [The Future of Aesthetics], trans. Celesta Pirwitz, 1976. Unpublished typescript. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/future-of-aesthetics/oclc/43398004] {{en}}
 
** [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}}
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* ''L'Instauration philosophique'', Paris: PUF, 1939.
 
* ''L'Instauration philosophique'', Paris: PUF, 1939.
  
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* ''[http://mega.co.nz/#!4RpAiDRZ!SbdzLfJFiCIZ4kaVuEirM4G0SrHmfHD8xKZOnsMeHNE Les Différents modes d'existence]'', Paris: PUF, 1943; new ed., intro. Isabelle Stengers and Bruno Latour, 2009.
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* ''[http://mega.co.nz/#!4RpAiDRZ!SbdzLfJFiCIZ4kaVuEirM4G0SrHmfHD8xKZOnsMeHNE Les Différents modes d'existence]'', Paris: Alcan, 1943, 166 pp; new ed., intro. Isabelle Stengers and Bruno Latour, Paris: PUF, 2009, 220 pp. [http://www.puf.com/Autres_Collections:Les_diff%C3%A9rents_modes_d'existence] Reviews: [http://www.jstor.org/stable/20840945 Sangiolo] (1945), [http://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2009/11/12/metaphysiques-cannibales-d-eduardo-viveiros-de-castro-et-les-differents-modes-d-existence-suivi-de-de-l-oeuvre-a-faire-d-etienne-souriau_1266056_3260.html Keck] (2009).
 
** ''I differenti modi di esistenza'', trans. F. Domenicali, forthcoming 2015. {{it}}
 
** ''I differenti modi di esistenza'', trans. F. Domenicali, forthcoming 2015. {{it}}
  
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* editor, ''L'Univers filmique'', Paris: Flammarion, 1953, 210 pp. Anthology of texts from the filmology movement.
 
* editor, ''L'Univers filmique'', Paris: Flammarion, 1953, 210 pp. Anthology of texts from the filmology movement.
  
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* ''L'Ombre de dieu'', Paris: PUF, 1955.
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* ''L'Ombre de dieu'', Paris: PUF, 1955. Commentary: [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/phlou_0035-3841_1988_num_86_69_6485 Declève] (1988).
  
 
* ''Le Sens artistique des animaux'', Paris: Hachette, 1965.
 
* ''Le Sens artistique des animaux'', Paris: Hachette, 1965.
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* [[Media:Souriau_Etienne_1954_Charles_Lalo_1877-1953.pdf|"Charles Lalo (1887-1953)"]], ''Revue philosophique'' 144 (1954), pp 171-173.
 
* [[Media:Souriau_Etienne_1954_Charles_Lalo_1877-1953.pdf|"Charles Lalo (1887-1953)"]], ''Revue philosophique'' 144 (1954), pp 171-173.
 
* [[Media:Souriau_Etienne_1955_A_General_Methodology_for_the_Scientific_Study_of_Aesthetic_Appreciation.pdf|"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}}
 
* [[Media:Souriau_Etienne_1955_A_General_Methodology_for_the_Scientific_Study_of_Aesthetic_Appreciation.pdf|"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}}
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/enfan_0013-7545_1957_num_10_3_1364 "Culture et cinéma"], ''Enfance'' 10:3 (1957), pp 373-375.
 
* [[Media:Souriau_Etienne_1961_Esthetique_La_part_de_la_contemplation.pdf|"La part de la contemplation"]], ''Revue philosophique'' 151 (1961), pp 179-200.
 
* [[Media:Souriau_Etienne_1961_Esthetique_La_part_de_la_contemplation.pdf|"La part de la contemplation"]], ''Revue philosophique'' 151 (1961), pp 179-200.
 
* [[Media:Souriau_Etienne_1968_L_esthetique_et_l_artiste_contemporain.pdf|"L'esthétique et l'artiste contemporain"]], ''Leonardo'' 1:1 (Jan 1968), pp 63-68.
 
* [[Media:Souriau_Etienne_1968_L_esthetique_et_l_artiste_contemporain.pdf|"L'esthétique et l'artiste contemporain"]], ''Leonardo'' 1:1 (Jan 1968), pp 63-68.
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* "L'intervention des machines dans la création artistique", in Souriau, et al., ''Approches de l'art. Mélanges d'esthétique et de sciences de l'art offerts à Arsène Soreil'', Brussels: La Renaissance du Livre, 1973.
 
* [[Media:Souriau_Etienne_1975_Du_genie_en_philosophie.pdf|"Du génie en philosophie"]], ''Revue philosophique'' 165:2 (Apr-Jun 1975), pp 129-146.
 
* [[Media:Souriau_Etienne_1975_Du_genie_en_philosophie.pdf|"Du génie en philosophie"]], ''Revue philosophique'' 165:2 (Apr-Jun 1975), pp 129-146.
 
* [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Souriau#Articoli more]
 
* [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Souriau#Articoli more]
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** ''[[Media:Dufrenne_Mikel_Phenomenology_of_Aesthetic_Experience_1953_1973.pdf|Phenomenology of Aesthetic Experience]]'', trans. Edward S. Casey, et al., Northwestern University Press, 1973. {{en}}
 
** ''[[Media:Dufrenne_Mikel_Phenomenology_of_Aesthetic_Experience_1953_1973.pdf|Phenomenology of Aesthetic Experience]]'', trans. Edward S. Casey, et al., Northwestern University Press, 1973. {{en}}
 
* 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.  
 
* 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.  
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* Ngô-Tiêng-Hiên, [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/phlou_0035-3841_1971_num_69_1_5589 "Art et vérité dans l'œuvre d'Étienne Souriau"], ''Revue Philosophique de Louvain'' 69:1 (1971), pp 73-91.
 
* Luce de Vitry Maubrey, ''La pensée cosmologique d'Étienne Souriau'', Paris: Klinsieck, 1974.
 
* 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.
 
* Cecile Cloutier, ''[http://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/bitstream/11375/9397/1/fulltext.pdf L'Esthétique d'Etienne Souriau]'', McMaster University, 1977. Thesis.
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* 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]
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==See also==
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* [[Gilbert Simondon]]
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* [[Albert North Whitehead]]
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Étienne_Souriau Souriau at French Wikipedia]
 
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Étienne_Souriau Souriau at French Wikipedia]
 
* [http://vimeo.com/74740766 Bruno Latour & Antoine Hennion: L'’Ange de l’œuvre. Étienne Souriau, from Aesthetics to an Ontology of Uncertain Beings], video from the lecture given at IKKM Weimar, Jun 2013. {{en}}
 
* [http://vimeo.com/74740766 Bruno Latour & Antoine Hennion: L'’Ange de l’œuvre. Étienne Souriau, from Aesthetics to an Ontology of Uncertain Beings], video from the lecture given at IKKM Weimar, Jun 2013. {{en}}
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* [http://trivium.revues.org/3674 Short biography], ''Trivium''. {{fr}}

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Étienne Souriau (26 April 1892, Lille – 19 November 1979, Paris) was a French philosopher, best known for his work in aesthetics and filmology.

Souriau served as professor at the University of Aix-en-Provence (1925-29), then in Lyon, and from 1941 at Sorbonne. In 1948, together with Charles Lalo and Raymond Bayer he founded the journal Revue d'esthétique. [1]

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: Hachette, 1925, xv+308 pp; new ed., Paris: PUF, 1952. Principal doctoral thesis. Review: Pialat (1927).
  • L'Abstraction sentimentale, Paris: Hachette, 1925, v+144 pp; new ed., Paris: PUF, 1951. Secondary doctoral thesis. Review: Pialat (1927).
  • L'Avenir de l'esthétique: essai sur l'objet d'une science naissante, Paris: Alcan, 1929, viii+403 pp. Review: Couissin (1929).
    • [The Future of Aesthetics], trans. Celesta Pirwitz, 1976. Unpublished typescript. [2] (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: Alcan, 1943, 166 pp; new ed., intro. Isabelle Stengers and Bruno Latour, Paris: PUF, 2009, 220 pp. [3] Reviews: Sangiolo (1945), Keck (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. Commentary: Declève (1988).
  • 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. [4] (Spanish)
Courses at Sorbonne
  • 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 Structures de l’œuvre d’art, Paris: C.D.U., 1956, 109 pp.
  • La Condition humaine vue à travers l’art, Paris: C.D.U., 1962?.
  • L'Évolution du besoin esthétique à travers les ages [1960-61], Paris: C.D.U., 1964, 107 pp.
  • Les Catégories esthétiques, Paris: C.D.U., 1966, 107 pp.
  • Les structures maîtresses de l'oeuvre d'art, Paris: C.D.U., 1966, 109 pp.

Selected articles

Bibliography

Literature

  • Mikel Dufrenne, Phénoménologie de l'expérience esthétique, Paris: PUF, 1953.
  • 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.
  • Ngô-Tiêng-Hiên, "Art et vérité dans l'œuvre d'Étienne Souriau", Revue Philosophique de Louvain 69:1 (1971), pp 73-91.
  • 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.
  • 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. [9] (English)
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See also

Links

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