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The central endeavour of the colloquium was the study of Jorge Luis Borges as a writer, thinker and philosopher from a literary, scientific and philosophical perspective within the theory of culture. Having Borges as a pivotal object of study of a colloquium, it is not an accident or the mere result of a literary preference of the colloquium's organizers. Rather, it is due to the very fact that Borges represents one of the pillars of contemporary thinking in all its dimensions. This thinking was formulated by Borges fifty years ago, making Borges not only a 'pioneer' of contemporary debates but the one who introduced them in the first place as paradigmatic issues in the XXth century. Thus, Borges entails a point of departure about how to think culture. He reformulates the theory of signs, philosophy, the concept of literature and theory of culture, particularly Latin American, which currently is being developed in cultural studies. These formulations are also finding their place in Germany in publications such as those by Birgit Scharlau (Latinamerika Denken. Kulturtheoretische Grenzgange zwischen Moderne und Postmoderne, 1995), Herman Herlinghaus and Monika Walter (Postmodernidad

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Author

Toro, Alfonso de (editor);Toro, Fernando de (editor)

Publisher

Vervuert Verlagsgesellschaft

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9788495107404

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Humanities