"NEGATIVE SUBLIME" vs "WORKING-THROUGH THE PAST" IN THE INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF DOMINIC LACAPRA
The article concerns the noted American intellectual historian Dominic LaCapra’s criticism of the notion ‘sublime’ in J.-F. Lyotard’s works and its direct transfer into historical science, especially into the study of XX century limited events. LaCapra contrasts its situational character, doubtful religious and political implications to the dialog-ical ‘working-through’ the past, that is serious and conscious criticism, that does not confront the intellectual traditions, but tries to change them based on the actual social and cultural needs.