Lista archport
Mensagem
[Archport] Interview with Umberto Eco: 'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die'
To :
Archport <archport@ci.uc.pt>
Subject :
[Archport] Interview with Umberto Eco: 'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die'
From :
Rui Gomes Coelho <ruigomescoelho@gmail.com>
Date :
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:45:26 +0000
Der Spiegel, 11-11-2009
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,659577,00.html
'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die'
By Susanne Beyer and Lothar Gorris
(...) Umberto Eco: The list is the origin of culture. It's part of the history of art and literature. What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible. It also wants to create order -- not always, but often. And how, as a human being, does one face infinity? How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible? Through lists, through catalogs, through collections in museums and through encyclopedias and dictionaries. There is an allure to enumerating how many women Don Giovanni slept with: It was 2,063, at least according to Mozart's librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte. We also have completely practical lists -- the shopping list, the will, the menu -- that are also cultural achievements in their own right. (...)
'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die'
By Susanne Beyer and Lothar Gorris
(...) Umberto Eco: The list is the origin of culture. It's part of the history of art and literature. What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible. It also wants to create order -- not always, but often. And how, as a human being, does one face infinity? How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible? Through lists, through catalogs, through collections in museums and through encyclopedias and dictionaries. There is an allure to enumerating how many women Don Giovanni slept with: It was 2,063, at least according to Mozart's librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte. We also have completely practical lists -- the shopping list, the will, the menu -- that are also cultural achievements in their own right. (...)
| Mensagem anterior por data: [Archport] Jornadas Internacionales Sobre el Paleolítico Superior Peninsular. | Próxima mensagem por data: [Archport] Nova revista em Ervedal |
| Mensagem anterior por assunto: Re: [Archport] intervido | Próxima mensagem por assunto: [Archport] INVESTIGADORES COM DADOS DOS PRIMEIROS POVOADORES DA MADEIRA |