Two travelers walk along a road, talking. Their speech is not hesitant: it has the terrible compactness of something already closed. Each word confirms the previous one; each step presents itself as necessary—the meaning seems entirely available, leaving nothing but … Continua a leggere Why We Talk Without Understanding One Another: Dialogue, Silence, and the Hidden Third
Giovanni Scarafile, Yen-Yi Lee Nor did I think your edict had such force / that you, a mere mortal, could override the gods,/ the great unwritten, unshakable traditions”. (Sophocles, Antigone, ll. 453–455, tr. R. Fagles). With these words, Antigone addresses … Continua a leggere Rethinking Dialogue: From Antigone’s Truth-Telling to Confucius’ Relational Humanity
«What is to come, will come. Soon thou, present here thyself, shalt of thy pity pronounce me all too true a prophetess»[1]. When, in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, Cassandra utters these words, the tragedy has already unfolded. The prophetess perceives with searing … Continua a leggere The Ethics of Listening in the Anthropocene
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