Published: 2018-09-141

Cultural topos of the book (contribution for interpretation)

Bogdan Banasiak
Humanities and Natural Sciences
Section: Articles
https://doi.org/10.31648/hip.940

Abstract

Topos of Book belongs to the most deepseated motives in culture. Traditionally it is tied with holy books, The Medieval Book of Nature and modern encyclopedia. It takes a stand in philosophy, literature, myths, legends, religions and mass culture. It means source truth, full of sense, closure and exhaustion, in one word absolute knowledge (metaphysics). Contemporary version present it (Sade, Mallarme, Nietzsche, Schulz, Borges) as book-rhizome or uncontrollable, acentric, nonhierarchic open system (critique of metaphysics). Internet is modern part of it.

Keywords:

Sacred books, book of nature, knowledge, wisdom, encyclopedia, interpretation, sense, rhizome, Internet

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Banasiak, B. (2018). Cultural topos of the book (contribution for interpretation). Humanities and Natural Sciences, (15), 7–24. https://doi.org/10.31648/hip.940

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