how does one not reveal what is latent in the text On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 7:07 AM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hegel didn't get to meet Barthes. > wc > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: > joseph berg <[email protected]> > To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, October 25, 2012 4:57:52 AM > Subject: "The problem with Hegelb 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 t > > "The problem with Hegels 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
