The Work of Maurice Blanchot with Kevin Hart
Hermitix
The Illusion of Death in Blancheau's Philosophy
Blancheau thinks that suicide is a complete misdirection, that you can't master death at all. So in a sense, a writer never truly dies. For most of us, this is seen as a good thing because you write in order to be remembered by people. But for Blancheau, this is an illusion and a rather horrible oneBecause writing always allows your spirit still to come back in a shadowy way so death is never full and final.
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