Common Sense as the Language of Genocide in "El señor Galíndez" by E. Pavlovsky

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This research aims to identify dramatic procedures that use common sense as a vehicle for the transmission (and criticism) of fascist ideas in El señor Galíndez by Eduardo Pavlovsky. After the last civic-military dictatorship in Argentina, the play has taken on a prescient meaning, making it difficu...

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Autor principal: Restrepo, Andrés
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2024
Materias:
Banality of evil
Pavlovsky
Totalitarianism
Cliché
Common sense
Totalitarismo
Sentido común
Banalidad del mal
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spelling I28-R145-13616_oai2025-11-17 Restrepo, Andrés Restrepo, Andrés 2024-05-27 This research aims to identify dramatic procedures that use common sense as a vehicle for the transmission (and criticism) of fascist ideas in El señor Galíndez by Eduardo Pavlovsky. After the last civic-military dictatorship in Argentina, the play has taken on a prescient meaning, making it difficult for contemporary readers not to anticipate the final surprise in which the setting’s shed turns into a sophisticated torture center. Nevertheless, it is worth returning to the text to track the onset of this ominous metamorphosis and realize that we are dealing with ordinary characters (perhaps too ordinary). Hannah Arendt pointed out the lack of visible monstrosity in Eichmann’s appearance, despite his genocidal behavior, and focused on unveiling him as a neat, even educated official. Like Eichmann, the characters in Pavlovksy's play are officials responsible for an extermination, armed with the firm conviction that they are only carrying out orders. “The horrible can be not only ludicrous but outright funny”, Arendt says, speaking of the accused as a subject emptied of judgment, consumed by common sense and articulate in the language of bureaucracy. Esta investigación se propone identificar en la pieza El señor Galíndez, de Eduardo Pavlovsky, procedimientos dramáticos que utilizan al lugar común como un vehículo de transmisión (y crítica) de las ideas fascistas. Más allá de que después de la dictadura la obra haya adquirido otro cariz, dificultándonos no anticipar la sorpresa final en la que aquel galpón es convertido en un sofisticado centro de torturas, vale la pena regresar al texto para recuperar su ominosa metamorfosis y darnos cuenta de que estamos ante personajes comunes y corrientes (quizás demasiado común y corrientes). Tal como Hannah Arendt planteó la falta de monstruosidad del genocida Eichmann y se centró en develarlo como un funcionario pulcro, hasta educado, los personajes de la obra de Pavlovsky son funcionarios responsables de un exterminio, con la firme convicción de que solo cumplen órdenes. “Lo horrible puede ser no solo grotesco, sino completamente cómico”, dice Arendt al hablar del acusado como un sujeto vaciado de criterio, consumido por el sentido común y cuyo lenguaje era el lenguaje burocrático. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/telondefondo/article/view/13616 10.34096/tdf.n39.13616 spa Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/telondefondo/article/view/13616/13203 telondefondo. Revista de Teoría y Crítica Teatral; Núm. 39 (2024) 1669-6301 Banality of evil Pavlovsky Totalitarianism Cliché Common sense Pavlovsky Totalitarismo Cliché Sentido común Banalidad del mal Common Sense as the Language of Genocide in "El señor Galíndez" by E. Pavlovsky El lugar común como lenguaje del genocidio en "El señor Galíndez" de E. Pavlovsky info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=telonde&d=13616_oai
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Pavlovsky
Totalitarianism
Cliché
Common sense
Pavlovsky
Totalitarismo
Cliché
Sentido común
Banalidad del mal
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Pavlovsky
Totalitarianism
Cliché
Common sense
Pavlovsky
Totalitarismo
Cliché
Sentido común
Banalidad del mal
Restrepo, Andrés
Restrepo, Andrés
Common Sense as the Language of Genocide in "El señor Galíndez" by E. Pavlovsky
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Pavlovsky
Totalitarianism
Cliché
Common sense
Pavlovsky
Totalitarismo
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Sentido común
Banalidad del mal
description This research aims to identify dramatic procedures that use common sense as a vehicle for the transmission (and criticism) of fascist ideas in El señor Galíndez by Eduardo Pavlovsky. After the last civic-military dictatorship in Argentina, the play has taken on a prescient meaning, making it difficult for contemporary readers not to anticipate the final surprise in which the setting’s shed turns into a sophisticated torture center. Nevertheless, it is worth returning to the text to track the onset of this ominous metamorphosis and realize that we are dealing with ordinary characters (perhaps too ordinary). Hannah Arendt pointed out the lack of visible monstrosity in Eichmann’s appearance, despite his genocidal behavior, and focused on unveiling him as a neat, even educated official. Like Eichmann, the characters in Pavlovksy's play are officials responsible for an extermination, armed with the firm conviction that they are only carrying out orders. “The horrible can be not only ludicrous but outright funny”, Arendt says, speaking of the accused as a subject emptied of judgment, consumed by common sense and articulate in the language of bureaucracy.
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