Abstract Language is categorization: subsuming individual events, always different, into a finite number of categories, defined by their mutual relations, which are also calculable to some extent. To speak is to respond to a strong system of expectations (while not being deterministic). This incredibly powerful tool, which has made the fortune of humankind, can come to be annoying, under (in)appropriate conditions, to those who truly recognize its possibilities. The way Roland Barthes chooses to approach Japanese culture as a different world of higher scope. The nature and limits of such sentiment are best elucidat- ed through comparison with fictional works where worlds radically different from our own are related to languages radically different from our own
UN MONDO SENZA SIGNIFICATO È UN MONDO SENZA SENSO? RIFLESSIONI SULL’A-SEMANTICA A PARTIRE DA L’IMPERO DEI SEGNI DI ROLAND BARTHES
Fadda, Emanuele
2024-01-01
Abstract
Abstract Language is categorization: subsuming individual events, always different, into a finite number of categories, defined by their mutual relations, which are also calculable to some extent. To speak is to respond to a strong system of expectations (while not being deterministic). This incredibly powerful tool, which has made the fortune of humankind, can come to be annoying, under (in)appropriate conditions, to those who truly recognize its possibilities. The way Roland Barthes chooses to approach Japanese culture as a different world of higher scope. The nature and limits of such sentiment are best elucidat- ed through comparison with fictional works where worlds radically different from our own are related to languages radically different from our ownI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
