Hermeneutics, Postmodernity, Violence

Abstract

The objective of the following communication is to show that when postmodern hermeneutics reduce the sense of a text to the imposing will of the interpreter, it is not only inscribed in a nihilistic context, but it is also considered a violent act. As a matter of fact, when the existence of a previous interpretive sense is not taken in to account, postmodern hermeneutics deny all will to the hearer. In this direction, the text is not thought as communicative acts between subjects, but only as "pre-text" through which the interpreters satisfy their expressive desires. In the core of this stage all dialog disappears. If this is so, we shall consider that postmodern hermeneutics, in the sense that it transforms into a dominant interpretative attitude, has dangerous political and social implications. Our work will analyze this condition, using a text from the author M. Foucault, suggesting that the core of the question should be based on how Origin and Interpretation are conceived. As a matter of fact, the "insignificance of the origin" is not generated from the "insignificance of the transmission of a set of (traditional) interpretations". In this way, we intend to recuperate the traditional values to declare null the "the rights of the interpreter".