In actuality to reveal (make visible) and to interpret (to enter into ) mediations that are present in the text(image) means your role is reveal things about the text via your individual creative initiative because the text needs to be revealed (exposed) - Hegel's point is that its not about you its about the work of art
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:57 AM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > "The problem with Hegel s aesthetics is the assumption that the truth of a > work of art emerges completely via its conceptual articulation. The > assumption is that the > truth is already there when I interpret a literary text for example. All I > have to do is reveal the mediations that are present in the text. This > means that my role as > interpreter is just to read what is supposedly latent in the text, not to > reveal things about the text via my individual creative initiative." > > > http://etd.nd.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-04152011-090903/unrestricted/Mi > llerJM092011D.pdf > > -- S a u l O s t r o w *Critical Voices* 21STREETPROJECTS La Table Ronde 162 West 21 Street NYC, NY 10011 [email protected] www.21stprojects.org
