Journal de Etica y Cine

Volumen 04 | Nº 2

JULY 2014

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams | Werner Herzog | 2010
Ana Cecilia González

Abstract

The documentary by Werner Herzog entitled Cave of forgotten dreams shows the works of art discovered on the walls of the Chauvet cave, along with the scientific account about the dawn of manhood. Thus, it becomes a good occasion to reflect on the beginnings of symbolic activity and its structural effects on “the soul of the modern man”. With this purpose, the paper combines some concepts developed by Jacques Lacan – the symbolic, the extimate, sublimation – with the post-metaphysical conception of representation, according to Jean-Luc Nancy. Also, the film provides a certain view of the contemporary world, allowing us to deduce some ethical implications.

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NOTAS

Editorial Juan Jorge Michel Fariña
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Etica y Cine (Ethics & Films) is a Peer Reviewed Quarterly Journal Edited by
Department of Psychoanalysis and Department of Deontology, School of Psychology, National University of Cordoba, Argentina
Department of Psychology, Ethics and Human Rights, School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
With the collaboration of:
Center for Medical Ethics (CME), Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
Under the auspicious of:
The International Network of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics.

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