カール・ハインツ・ボーラーの「突然性（Plötzlichkeit）」をめぐって

抄録

The purpose of this paper is to consider the meaning of “suddenness (Plötzlichkeit)” proposed by K. H. Bohrer (1932-). First, I try to clarify the meaning of “suddenness” by elucidating the historical range of art that this notion can be applied to, the elements that consist of this idea, and the scope of its genealogy. Second, I examine the relationship between suddenness and fascist ideology, because Bohrer points out that one of the important sources of the concept is decisionism (Dezisionismus), the pre- fascistic thought. Yet, Bohrer tries to distinguish suddenness from such a pre-fascistic idea. “Suddenness” can be explained as an alternative to “appearance” or “semblance” (Schein), conveying a quality that has been understood as beauty. Nevertheless, he insists that suddenness is so momentary and subjective that it should be deprived of any metaphysical implication that appearance and semblance originally had, such as truth and Utopia. Bohrer says that art based on suddenness should be autonomous and can have no relations with any social and political context, for such context can never be possible without historical and continual time. Therefore, Bohrer’s strategy is to defend aestheticism by suggesting the rigid aestheticism based on suddenness.