The Raft of the Medusa. A Laboratory for Intercultural Ethics
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https://doi.org/10.6093/2284-0184/6008Keywords:
Dissemination, Théodore Géricault, Intercultural Ethics, Ventrality, Theater-readingAbstract
Starting from the great table by Théodore Géricault (Le radeau de la Méduse, 1819) and his dramatic subject – the story of the shipwreck of the “Méduse”, the frigate of the French Royal Navy that ran aground on the coasts of Mauritania (1816) –, the Author briefly describes the project and the preparation (2016, in Naples) of a theater-reading about the story of the castaways on a giant raft, that the mariners built with the wood of the ship. In the second part of the essay the Author shows that this singular story of the raft – with bloody fights and horrifying episodes of cannibalism – can constitute a laboratory for an intercultural ethical reflection.
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2019-01-31
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