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Claude Minière Examines Ezra Pound's Chinese Character in Artpress

publication · 2026-04-23

In a February 2007 article for Artpress, Claude Minière questions the contemporary relevance of Ezra Pound's work on the Chinese character, given the perceived degradation of language and a narrow conception of modernity that reduces humanity to a free yet miserable subjectivity.

Key facts

  • Claude Minière wrote an article for Artpress.
  • The article was published in February 2007.
  • The article is titled 'Pound caractère chinois'.
  • It discusses Ezra Pound's engagement with the Chinese character.
  • Minière questions whether Pound can be read today.
  • The article critiques the current state of language as devastated.
  • It criticizes the modern conception of modernity as narrow and metaphysical.
  • Modernity is described as revolving around humanity as free and miserable subjectivity.

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Artists

  • Claude Minière
  • Ezra Pound

Institutions

  • Artpress

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