THE UNCERTAINTY ASPECT OF CONSENT

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Published: 2025-12-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34024/kpa1am47
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Freedom, Uncertainty, Repetition, Public space, Private space

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Claudine Haroche
Universidade Paris VIII
Maria das Graças de Souza
Universidade de São Paulo
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8773-9347

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This article takes as its starting point the analysis of Melville's character Bartleby, completely closed in on himself, immovable in his conduct, gripped by uncertainty that paralyzes him and then examines the condition of man in the contemporary world in which the individual is simultaneously affected in two ways: first he becomes autonomous and feels anxious and then he is induced into a servitude that transforms him into an automaton. Modern man when experiencing both independence and impotence at the same time alienates a part of his freedom, and, as Bartleby does, he is led to mechanical repetition.

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Vol. 6 No. 11 (2025): Exilium - Journal of Contemporary Studies

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Contemporary Criticism
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Author Biographies

Claudine Haroche, Universidade Paris VIII

Doutora em Sociologia (Paris VII, 1978) e diretora de pesquisa no CNRS, vinculada ao Centro de Estudos de pesquisas transdisciplinares em Sociologia, Antropologia e História (CETSAH) recentemente intitulado Centro Edgard Morin, ao Instituto interdisciplinares de Antropologia contemporânea (IIAC) à Escola de Altos Estudos em Ciências Sociais (EHESS) e membro associado do Laboratório da mudança social (Paris VIII).

Maria das Graças de Souza, Universidade de São Paulo

Possui graduação em Filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo (1971), mestrado em Filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo (1983) e doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo (1990). Livre-docente e professora titular da Universidade de São Paulo, aposentada em 2015. Pesquisadora na Cátedra Edward Saïd de Estudos da Contemporaneidade da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP).

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THE UNCERTAINTY ASPECT OF CONSENT. EXILIUM Journal of Contemporary Studies, [S. l.], v. 6, n. 11, p. 93–100, 2025. DOI: 10.34024/kpa1am47. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/exilium/article/view/21635. Acesso em: 24 sep. 2026.

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