tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980320637841803884.post8145553969369924418..comments2023-07-18T03:09:40.628-07:00Comments on Robert Musil: "Attempts to Find Another Human Being": Bakhtin, Dialogics and Polyphony/PolylogicsMusil Attemptshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660737989850660922noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980320637841803884.post-81252946052264259212011-12-09T13:16:11.890-08:002011-12-09T13:16:11.890-08:00And, perhaps it goes without saying, I believe tha...And, perhaps it goes without saying, I believe that Musil was operating within a polylogical cosmos, which is inherently endless and multi-directional. His distinction between the living word and the dead concept illustrates that between Bakhtin's centrifugal and centripetal. The living word changes, moves, alters and is flooded with meaning and energy; the dead word always means the same thing and is rather something to bear or use begrudgingly as a matter of course or practicality than something to celebrate.Musil Attemptshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06660737989850660922noreply@blogger.com