The Lexicon · Genealogy · Modern
CAVELL, STANLEY
1926–2018
Acknowledgment (The Suggestion vs. The Command)
Cavell distinguished knowing the other (epistemic) from acknowledging them (ethical). CoCA's Mechanics of Suggestion vs. Command (§2.2.4) sits in the Cavellian register. The institution does not command the artist. It suggests. It hails softly. The acknowledgment of the artist by the GAI is not the verification (which is impossible). It is the file having been opened. We see you. We do not know you.