On the Readability of Works and the Task of the Reader. Notes on Reading from Walter Benjamin
This essay aims to discuss the ways in which in the humanities we tend to historically understand the cultural forms from the past. Taking Walter Benjamin's ideas on “life of works” as a reference, it is suggested that works, ideas, words or images from the past carry an immanent historicity, w...
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I15-R206-article-5622023-03-06T21:41:50Z On the Readability of Works and the Task of the Reader. Notes on Reading from Walter Benjamin De la legibilidad de las obras y la tarea del lector. Notas sobre la lectura a partir de Walter Benjamin López, Nicolás Vida póstuma Legibilidad Anacronismo Obra After Life Readability Anachronism Work This essay aims to discuss the ways in which in the humanities we tend to historically understand the cultural forms from the past. Taking Walter Benjamin's ideas on “life of works” as a reference, it is suggested that works, ideas, words or images from the past carry an immanent historicity, which is independent of its capture by empirical subjects. The attribution of own life to the works gives rise to a concept of readability that incorporates anachronism as an irreducible dimension in our reading operations. From this, objectivity is questioned as a criterion for a fair reading and a possible kairological theory of reading and criticism of texts from the past is suggested. El presente trabajo se propone discutir las maneras en que en las humanidades solemos comprender históricamente las formas culturales del pasado. Tomando como referencia las ideas de Walter Benjamin sobre la “vida de las obras” se sugiere que las ideas, palabras o imágenes del pasado y las obras que las materializan son portadoras de una historicidad inmanente, que es independiente de su captación por parte de sujetos empíricos. La atribución de una vida propia a las obras da lugar a un concepto de legibilidad que incorpora el anacronismo como dimensión irreductible en nuestras operaciones de lectura. A partir de ello, se cuestiona la objetividad como criterio de una lectura justa y se sugiere una posible teoría cairológica de la lectura y la crítica de los textos del pasado. CETYCLI 2022-09-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://badebec.unr.edu.ar/index.php/badebec/article/view/562 10.35305/b.v12i23.562 Badebec; Vol. 12 Núm. 23 (2022): Septiembre (2022); 1-18 1853-9580 spa https://badebec.unr.edu.ar/index.php/badebec/article/view/562/511 |
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This essay aims to discuss the ways in which in the humanities we tend to historically understand the cultural forms from the past. Taking Walter Benjamin's ideas on “life of works” as a reference, it is suggested that works, ideas, words or images from the past carry an immanent historicity, which is independent of its capture by empirical subjects. The attribution of own life to the works gives rise to a concept of readability that incorporates anachronism as an irreducible dimension in our reading operations. From this, objectivity is questioned as a criterion for a fair reading and a possible kairological theory of reading and criticism of texts from the past is suggested. |
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