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+ | "Legislators and [[leader]]s of men, such as [[Lycurgus of Sparta |Lycurgus]], [[Solon]], [[Muhammad |Mahomet]], [[Napoleon]], and so on, were all without exception [[crime|criminal]]s, from the very fact that, making a new law they [[transgressive|transgressed]] the ancient one, handed down from their ancestors and held sacred by the people, and they did not stop short at bloodshed either, if that bloodshed often of innocent persons [[fight]]ing bravely in defence of ancient law were of use to their cause." -- [[Rodion Raskolnikov ]] in ''Crime and Punishment'' | ||
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+ | [[Image:Mona Lisa Smoking a Pipe.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Mona Lisa Smoking a Pipe]]'' (1887) by [[Eugène Bataille]]]] | ||
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* a legal transgression, a [[crime]] | * a legal transgression, a [[crime]] | ||
* a social transgression, violating a [[Norm (sociology)|norm]]; elements of moral and normative transgression are [[drugs]], [[sex]] and [[violence]] | * a social transgression, violating a [[Norm (sociology)|norm]]; elements of moral and normative transgression are [[drugs]], [[sex]] and [[violence]] | ||
- | *[[Transgressive art]], a name given art forms which transgress. | + | *[[Transgressive art]] |
- | *[[Transgressional fiction]], a modern style in literature. | + | *[[Transgressive fiction]] |
*a concept in [[Georges Bataille|Bataillean]] and [[Mikhail Bakhtin|Bakhtinian]] philosophy. Georges Bataille was one of the prime theorists of transgression. He emphasized the [[irrational]] in opposition to the rational, the erotic as opposed to morality, celebration of [[excess]] as opposed to restraint, transgression as opposed to conformity. | *a concept in [[Georges Bataille|Bataillean]] and [[Mikhail Bakhtin|Bakhtinian]] philosophy. Georges Bataille was one of the prime theorists of transgression. He emphasized the [[irrational]] in opposition to the rational, the erotic as opposed to morality, celebration of [[excess]] as opposed to restraint, transgression as opposed to conformity. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== |
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"Legislators and leaders of men, such as Lycurgus, Solon, Mahomet, Napoleon, and so on, were all without exception criminals, from the very fact that, making a new law they transgressed the ancient one, handed down from their ancestors and held sacred by the people, and they did not stop short at bloodshed either, if that bloodshed often of innocent persons fighting bravely in defence of ancient law were of use to their cause." -- Rodion Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment |
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Transgressive means involving transgression; that passes beyond some limit; sinful; going beyond generally accepted boundaries; violating usual practice, subversive.
Transgressive and transgression may refer to:
- a legal transgression, a crime
- a social transgression, violating a norm; elements of moral and normative transgression are drugs, sex and violence
- Transgressive art
- Transgressive fiction
- a concept in Bataillean and Bakhtinian philosophy. Georges Bataille was one of the prime theorists of transgression. He emphasized the irrational in opposition to the rational, the erotic as opposed to morality, celebration of excess as opposed to restraint, transgression as opposed to conformity.
Etymology
From trans (“across, beyond”) + gradior (“walk; advance”).
Further reading
- Rabelais and His World (1965) by Mikhail Bakhtin
See also