Resumen de René-Jean Dupuy and the Tragic City. The Surveyor, the Captain and the Poet

Alix Toublanc

• R.-J. Dupuy's works are based on a dialectical approach to international law which integrates the inner strife and the various antagonisms that beset the �terrestrial city�. Nevertheless he refused Hegel's dialectic which opposes thesis and anthithesis to produce a sterile synthesis and leads to rigidity. On the contrary, Dupuy's �open dialectic� is based on the rejection of mechanistic and deterministic philosophies, and his description of the terrestrial city is dynamic, perpetually confronting opposite points of view through the eyes of the �Captain�, the �Surveyor�, and the �Poet� symbolizing the need for order, for change, and for transcendence.