ABSTRACT In this article, I analyse Diderot’s enigmatic dialogue, Rameau’s Nephew through a different ‘adornian’ lens. Against the canonical Hegelian reading of this dialogue as a symptom of the decadence of critical thinking in enlightenment philosophy, and the Frankfurt School emphasis on the systematic character of Enlightenment thought, I argue that the paradoxical and sometimes pessimistic nature of Rameau’s Nephew contains also some elements for an Enlightenment cure through its aesthetic form. By analysing the philosophical value of the pantomimes and musical performances by the character Rameau, I hope to unveil an aspect of the materialist aesthetics Diderot developed to oppose systematic thinking and the reification of thought at work in the Enlightenment movement of which he was a part.

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拉莫的侄子作为散文形式

摘要 在这篇文章中，我通过不同的“阿多尼亚”镜头分析狄德罗神秘的对话，拉莫的侄子。反对黑格尔经典地将这段对话解读为启蒙哲学批判性思维衰落的征兆，以及法兰克福学派强调启蒙思想的系统性，我认为拉莫的侄子的矛盾性和有时是悲观的性质也包含一些元素通过其美学形式来治愈启蒙运动。通过分析拉莫角色的哑剧和音乐表演的哲学价值，我希望揭示狄德罗发展起来的唯物主义美学的一个方面，以反对在他参与的启蒙运动中工作的系统性思维和思想的具体化。