Edgar Morin and the writing life: Complexity and (auto)biography

This article aims to think about (auto)biography from the methodology of complexity in Edgar Morin. A staunch adept of autobiographical writing, Morin has produced a large number of works in the genre, in addition, he is the author of a biography about his father, Vidal Nahum. He mixed the biography...

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Autor: Silva, Gustavo de Castro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/42801
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/42801
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Autobiography. Edgar Morin. Complexity
Autobiografía. Edgar Morin. Complejidad
Autobiografia. Edgar Morin. Complexidade
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Sumario:This article aims to think about (auto)biography from the methodology of complexity in Edgar Morin. A staunch adept of autobiographical writing, Morin has produced a large number of works in the genre, in addition, he is the author of a biography about his father, Vidal Nahum. He mixed the biography and personal diary genre by dedicating a book to Edwige Agnes, of whom he was widowed, and to whom he was married for thirty years. Based on a bibliographic research, we verified the presence of the autobiographical genre in the production of French. The author understood the individual and himself within a communicational circuit that is simultaneously multidimensional, multireferential, comprehensive, open and inclusive. Our conclusions show that, in Morin, there is a “synthetic conception of life”, a formula extracted from Arthur Rimbaud, which consists of 1) “resolving to live on different planes” and 2) “preserving free zones for poetry, literature, thought, but also to save private life”.