Atopy (philosophy)
Atopy (Greek ατοπία, atopía; Socrates has often been called "átopos")[1] is a concept describing the ineffability of things or emotions that are rarely experienced, which are outstanding and original in the strict sense. It is a certain quality (of experience) that can be observed within oneself or within others, differing from the ideal quality which is conceptualized, not experienced.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]Roland Barthes
[edit | edit source]French literary theorist Roland Barthes discussed and reevaluated the concept of atopy numerous times in his work. In A Lover's Discourse: Fragments, Barthes defined it as "unclassifiable, of a ceaselessly unforeseen originality", referring to the circumstance, an atopia, in which atopy is intercommunicated in interest and love.[3] Previously, in The Pleasure of the Text, he regarded pleasure itself as atopic,[4] saying that "the pleasure of the text is scandalous: not because it is immoral but because it is atopic."[5]
In popular culture
[edit | edit source]Icelandic singer Björk credited Barthes' interpretation of atopy as a main inspiration for the lyrics of her 2022 song "Atopos".[6]
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