Journal article
Philology and Presence
The European legacy, toward new paradigms, Vol.22(4), pp.456-471
05/19/2017
DOI: 10.1080/10848770.2017.1301106
Abstract
Various scholars have argued that the rise of modern information technology over the past century has coincided with a steady decline of traditional methods of learning and interpretation, and has contributed to the general sense of "worldlessness" or anomie. In the words of Paul Ricoeur, "we are overwhelmed by a flood of words, by polemics, by the assault of the virtual, which today create a kind of opaque zone." Philology, the ancient discipline that grew in the past two centuries to encompass literary study, linguistics, and intellectual history, was originally conceived as a return to the past with the aim of retrieving the knowledge of bygone times. While the recent revival of interest in philology recognizes its importance to the humanities, it remains unnamed as such. The aim of my exploration of the history and practices of philology is to suggest how it can reinstate the presence of the past. With its attentiveness to language-undertaken in the silent spaces of private study, archive, and library-philology not only confirms the presence of the dead but also enacts a more fundamental return to "world."
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Philology and Presence
- Creators
- Michael Edward Moore - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The European legacy, toward new paradigms, Vol.22(4), pp.456-471
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/10848770.2017.1301106
- ISSN
- 1084-8770
- eISSN
- 1470-1316
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/19/2017
- Academic Unit
- History; International Programs; Law Faculty
- Record Identifier
- 9984277639702771
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