The storytelling function and visionary faculty: The spectrum of vital élan in The Two Sources of Morality and Religion

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Jean-Christophe Goddard
Paulo Rodrigues

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Translation of the article: Fonction fabulatrice et faculté visionnaire: Le spectre de l’élan vital dans Les Deux Sources de la morale et de la religion, by Jean-Christophe Goddard.


Originally published in: Bergson et la religion: Nouvelles perspectives sur "Les Deux Sources de la morale et de la religion". Paris, France: Humensis, 2015.

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Paulo Rodrigues, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

He holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy (Teaching Degree) from UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho,” a master's and doctorate in Philosophy from the Department of Philosophy and Methodology of Science at UFSCar-Universidade Federal de São Carlos, and a postdoctorate from École Normale Supérieure-Paris. He is an Assistant Professor at UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho,” Marília Campus. He teaches History of Contemporary Philosophy in the Philosophy Undergraduate Program. He is also a Permanent Professor and Researcher in the Graduate Program in Philosophy at UNESP. He is interested in Contemporary French Philosophy and its relationship with Psychoanalysis, particularly in the following authors: Bergson, Politzer, Sartre, Deleuze, and Ricoeur. He currently leads the Contemporary French Thought Research Group, linked to the CNPq Directory. He participates as a researcher in the Contemporary French Philosophy Working Group, linked to ANPOF, and is a member of the Société des Amis de Bergson.