Situating Subjectivity between Humanism and Anti-Humanism: An Allegory of Existential Faith in Caifás

Abstract

Caifás, a work by Panamanian José de Jesús "Chuchú" Martínez, focuses upon universal metaphysical questions. Those questions are principally existential. In particular, Caifás expresses support for situated subjectivity, an essentially existentialist subjectivity that occupies a middle ground between humanist and anti-humanist accounts of subjectivity. Caifás supports this subjectivity through an arresting allegory of faith. That allegory of faith grounds the human agency required for situated subjectivity, suggesting that people can exercise agency and establish a meaningful relationship with the real conditions of their existence. (DRH)