阿甘本论作为“姿态”的舞蹈

Agamben's Discussion on Dance as Gesture

阿甘本拒绝在审美领域内看待舞蹈,而是把舞蹈定义为姿态。这首先意味着舞蹈是一种空无、无目的的纯粹手段,而不是指向目的的手段或目的本身。其次,这也意味着舞蹈是一种运动,而这种运动并非是一般性的身体动作,而是与人民关联的作为权力的权力体制。这两种意图都最终指向了舞蹈作为纯粹姿态所具有的伦理与生命政治的当代资本主义治理装置的生命美学机制。

Agamben argues that dance belongs,essentially,to the realm of gesture and movement,and not aesthetics. It is neither a means in view of an end,nor an end without a means. What dance exhibits is not a movement that has an end in itself,but movement for its own sake,which is composed of people-related powers. Both the two ends ultimately lead to the ethical values and the life aesthetics institution of contemporary capitalism management.