L'espressione e il cangiamento. Tentativi di ricomposizione dello specchio = Expression and change. Attempts to recompose the mirror

Postmodern subjectivity has been defined as a "desert of mirrors" and philosophy played a crucial role in this definition, criticizing the metaphor of the mirror as a valid image for the theory of knowledge and, in general, for philosophy. The aim of my paper is to show how the metaphor of the mirror could be saved from this philosophical ban. Firstly, I will deal with the threefold definition of the mirror in the history of philosophy and culture. Secondly, I will argue that it is possible to reassess the metaphor of the mirror considering two interrelated concepts, expression and change, within the aesthetic reflection theory (Widerspiegelungstheorie).

后现代主体性（postmodern subjectivity）被界定为“镜之荒漠”，哲学在这一界定过程中扮演了关键角色：它批判了将镜像隐喻作为知识论乃至一般哲学领域有效表征的通行做法。本文的研究旨趣在于阐明，如何能将镜像隐喻从这一哲学层面的否定性判定中挽救出来。首先，本文将梳理哲学与文化史中关于镜像的三重界定；其次，本文将论证：在美学反思理论（Widerspiegelungstheorie）的框架下，结合“表达”与“变迁”这两个相互关联的概念，我们可以对镜像隐喻进行重新审视。