{"id":138467,"date":"2024-11-28T14:11:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbuki.bg\/?p=138467"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:21:09","slug":"the-limits-of-philological-reading-some-observations-on-the-internal-limits-in-the-humanities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pedagogy.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/the-limits-of-philological-reading-some-observations-on-the-internal-limits-in-the-humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Limits of Philological Reading \u2013 Some Observations on the Internal Limits in The Humanities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ivan Popov<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Sofia University \u201cSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2024-04-04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2024-04-04<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract.<\/strong> The article deals with the problem of the boundaries in contemporary humanities \u2013 if \u201ceverything is a text\u201d and the process of assimilation and interpretation of new meanings is fundamentally open and infinite, then do we have any grounds to distinguish between different kinds of understanding of the cultural phenomena surrounding us? The central thesis of the article is that precisely those claims that are theoretical in nature should be read and discussed in a way that is alien to the philological perspective. However, this is not necessarily a problem \u2013 the internal heterogeneity of humanitarian thinking may be an advantage considering the point of development reached in the \u201ccamp\u201d of the natural sciences.<br \/>\n<em>Keywords:<\/em> humanities, philology, theory, Hegel, Michel Foucault<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pedagogy.azbuki.bg\/en\/member-login\/\">Log in to read the full text<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivan Popov Sofia University \u201cSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2024-04-04 Abstract. The article deals with the problem of the boundaries in contemporary humanities \u2013 if \u201ceverything is a text\u201d and the process of assimilation and interpretation of new meanings is fundamentally open and infinite, then do we have any grounds to distinguish between different kinds of understanding [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":124332423427287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[8900,8897,8901,8898,8899],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Limits of Philological Reading \u2013 Some Observations on the Internal Limits in The Humanities - \u0410\u0437-\u0431\u0443\u043a\u0438<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignlanguages.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/the-limits-of-philological-reading-some-observations-on-the-internal-limits-in-the-humanities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Limits of Philological Reading \u2013 Some Observations on the Internal Limits in The Humanities - \u0410\u0437-\u0431\u0443\u043a\u0438\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ivan Popov Sofia University \u201cSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2024-04-04 Abstract. 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