Hostis and ξένος (Xénos) in Plague Diary of Gonçalo M. Tavares: Man becomes a stranger to himself
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Resumo: | On 23 March 2020, at the onset of the confinement in Portugal, prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, Gonçalo M. Tavares commenced, in the Lisbon-based newspaper Expresso, his daily chronics titled Diário da Peste (Plague Diary). The smallest element in nature, a virus, confronted Humanity with its condition’s fallibility. Convinced of our unwavering cyclopean gigantism, we are losing the presumption that the “military and technological might” could save everything. Faced with the invisibility of danger, we plunged into a collective blindness: the ethical values and social codes became scattered, blurred and the five senses insufficient to recognize the enemy and to preserve the species. The threat paralyzed us, forced us to wait as if waiting were an action and if to think was a physical movement. Utterly lost, the Humankind now finds itself deprived of its public spheres that inevitably compromises all its other ontological dimensions. This paper aims to deepen an etymological and semantic understanding of the concepts of hostis, xénos, barbarian, recognizing in which way Gonçalo M. Tavares plays these ambiguities in his literary challenge of Plague Diary. We will also shed light on this competitive relationship between man and machine as being two species of natural world: the supremacy of one represents the threat over the other. Consequently, we will point out the usurpation of spaces between man, animal and machine, the húbris resulted from the lack of respect for borderlines between their habitats, which deepens the reflection about hostility and hospitality. Who are the foreigners? Who decides who are the Others? Where does the threat come from? Who we are: nodal and preliminary issues for our exercise. |
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Hostis and ξένος (Xénos) in Plague Diary of Gonçalo M. Tavares: Man becomes a stranger to himselfHostis e ξένος (Xenos) no Diário da Peste de Gonçalo M. Tavares: o homem estrangeiro de si mesmoOn 23 March 2020, at the onset of the confinement in Portugal, prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, Gonçalo M. Tavares commenced, in the Lisbon-based newspaper Expresso, his daily chronics titled Diário da Peste (Plague Diary). The smallest element in nature, a virus, confronted Humanity with its condition’s fallibility. Convinced of our unwavering cyclopean gigantism, we are losing the presumption that the “military and technological might” could save everything. Faced with the invisibility of danger, we plunged into a collective blindness: the ethical values and social codes became scattered, blurred and the five senses insufficient to recognize the enemy and to preserve the species. The threat paralyzed us, forced us to wait as if waiting were an action and if to think was a physical movement. Utterly lost, the Humankind now finds itself deprived of its public spheres that inevitably compromises all its other ontological dimensions. This paper aims to deepen an etymological and semantic understanding of the concepts of hostis, xénos, barbarian, recognizing in which way Gonçalo M. Tavares plays these ambiguities in his literary challenge of Plague Diary. We will also shed light on this competitive relationship between man and machine as being two species of natural world: the supremacy of one represents the threat over the other. Consequently, we will point out the usurpation of spaces between man, animal and machine, the húbris resulted from the lack of respect for borderlines between their habitats, which deepens the reflection about hostility and hospitality. Who are the foreigners? Who decides who are the Others? Where does the threat come from? Who we are: nodal and preliminary issues for our exercise.A 23 de Março de 2020, início do confinamento em Portugal, no contexto da pandemia da COVID 19, Gonçalo M. Tavares inaugurava no Jornal Expresso um espaço de crónicas diárias a que chamara Diário da Peste. Bastou o mais pequeno elemento da natureza – um vírus – para que a Humanidade, convencida do seu inabalável gigantismo ciclópico, se recordasse de que é falível e insignificante, para que se deparasse com a fragilidade da sua condição, perdendo a presunção de que a “potência militar e tecnológica” a pudesse salvar. Perante a invisibilidade do perigo, mergulhámos numa cegueira coletiva: os valores éticos e os códigos sociais tornaram-se difusos e os cinco sentidos insuficientes para reconhecer o inimigo e preservar a(s) espécie(s). A ameaça paralisou-nos, obrigou-nos a esperar como se a espera fosse uma acção. O indivíduo desencontrou-se de si mesmo e vê-se agora privado das suas esferas públicas que comprometem, inevitavelmente, todas as suas outras dimensões ontológicas. O presente trabalho pretende desenvolver uma análise etimológico-semântica dos conceitos de hostis, xenos, bárbaro, reconhecendo de que forma Gonçalo M. Tavares potencia estas ambiguidades no jogo literário de cariz filosófico e sócio-político do Diário da Peste. Deter-nos-emos também na relação de concorrência do homem com a máquina e outras engrenagens tecnológicas, como se de duas espécies do mundo natural se tratasse: a supremacia de uma representa a ameaça sobre a outra. Consequentemente, iremos ainda relfectir sobre a usurpação dos espaços entre o homem, o animal e a máquina, uma hybris decorrente do desrespeito das fronteiras dos respectivos habitats, o que aprofunda o tema da hostilidade e hospitalidade. Afinal, quem são os estrangeiros, quem determina quem são os Outros, de onde vem a ameaça e quem somos nós: questões nodais e liminares para o nosso exercício.UA Editora - Universidade de Aveiro2022-12-15info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.34624/fb.v0i18.30996https://doi.org/10.34624/fb.v0i18.30996Forma Breve; No 18 (2022): Torre de Babel: alteridade e estereótipos; 161-178Forma Breve; n.º 18 (2022): Torre de Babel: alteridade e estereótipos; 161-1782183-47091645-927Xreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://proa.ua.pt/index.php/formabreve/article/view/30996https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/formabreve/article/view/30996/21225Direitos de Autor (c) 2022 Ana Isabel Correia Martinshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMartins, Ana Isabel Correia2023-11-30T18:45:38Zoai:proa.ua.pt:article/30996Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:15:46.097250Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Hostis and ξένος (Xénos) in Plague Diary of Gonçalo M. Tavares: Man becomes a stranger to himself Hostis e ξένος (Xenos) no Diário da Peste de Gonçalo M. Tavares: o homem estrangeiro de si mesmo |
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Hostis and ξένος (Xénos) in Plague Diary of Gonçalo M. Tavares: Man becomes a stranger to himself |
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Hostis and ξένος (Xénos) in Plague Diary of Gonçalo M. Tavares: Man becomes a stranger to himself Martins, Ana Isabel Correia |
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Hostis and ξένος (Xénos) in Plague Diary of Gonçalo M. Tavares: Man becomes a stranger to himself |
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Hostis and ξένος (Xénos) in Plague Diary of Gonçalo M. Tavares: Man becomes a stranger to himself |
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On 23 March 2020, at the onset of the confinement in Portugal, prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, Gonçalo M. Tavares commenced, in the Lisbon-based newspaper Expresso, his daily chronics titled Diário da Peste (Plague Diary). The smallest element in nature, a virus, confronted Humanity with its condition’s fallibility. Convinced of our unwavering cyclopean gigantism, we are losing the presumption that the “military and technological might” could save everything. Faced with the invisibility of danger, we plunged into a collective blindness: the ethical values and social codes became scattered, blurred and the five senses insufficient to recognize the enemy and to preserve the species. The threat paralyzed us, forced us to wait as if waiting were an action and if to think was a physical movement. Utterly lost, the Humankind now finds itself deprived of its public spheres that inevitably compromises all its other ontological dimensions. This paper aims to deepen an etymological and semantic understanding of the concepts of hostis, xénos, barbarian, recognizing in which way Gonçalo M. Tavares plays these ambiguities in his literary challenge of Plague Diary. We will also shed light on this competitive relationship between man and machine as being two species of natural world: the supremacy of one represents the threat over the other. Consequently, we will point out the usurpation of spaces between man, animal and machine, the húbris resulted from the lack of respect for borderlines between their habitats, which deepens the reflection about hostility and hospitality. Who are the foreigners? Who decides who are the Others? Where does the threat come from? Who we are: nodal and preliminary issues for our exercise. |
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