Gestalt 2023/2 No 61
Journal article

Epoche: disobeying evil. Bartleby and “I’d rather not”

Pages 53 to 61

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  • SCHOCH DE NEUFORN, Sylvie,
2023. Epoche: disobeying evil. Bartleby and “I’d rather not” Gestalt, 2023/2 No 61, p.53-61. DOI : 10.3917/gest.061.0053. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-gestalt-2023-2-page-53?lang=en.
  • Schoch de Neuforn, Sylvie.
« Epoche: disobeying evil. Bartleby and “I’d rather not” ». Gestalt, 2023/2 No 61, 2023. p.53-61. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-gestalt-2023-2-page-53?lang=en.
  • Schoch de Neuforn, S.
(2023). Epoche: Disobeying Evil. Bartleby and “i’d Rather Not” Gestalt, No 61(2), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.3917/gest.061.0053.

https://doi.org/10.3917/gest.061.0053

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Cite this article

  • Schoch de Neuforn, S.
(2023). Epoche: Disobeying Evil. Bartleby and “i’d Rather Not” Gestalt, No 61(2), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.3917/gest.061.0053.
  • Schoch de Neuforn, Sylvie.
« Epoche: disobeying evil. Bartleby and “I’d rather not” ». Gestalt, 2023/2 No 61, 2023. p.53-61. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-gestalt-2023-2-page-53?lang=en.
  • SCHOCH DE NEUFORN, Sylvie,
2023. Epoche: disobeying evil. Bartleby and “I’d rather not” Gestalt, 2023/2 No 61, p.53-61. DOI : 10.3917/gest.061.0053. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-gestalt-2023-2-page-53?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/gest.061.0053

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This text presents Melville’s short story Bartleby as a path for us, when faced with a person or system that subjugates the individual, to circumvent figures of evil such as coercion, oppression or manipulation. It shows us the power of a very small statement - “I’d rather not” - that disarms the usual ways of thinking and acting about relationships of authority. Beyond fight and flight, it operates a mysterious disorganization of the forces at play, one aspect of which we present here in a clinical vignette.

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https://doi.org/10.3917/gest.061.0053

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