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One word: Borges. Strangely, he isn't mentioned in the article, although his influence pervades book culture, even to this day, especially in Argentina, but als
by applecore 11y ago
One word: Borges. Strangely, he isn't mentioned in the article, although his influence pervades book culture, even to this day, especially in Argentina, but also abroad.
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- RodericDay 11y agoI really enjoy a lot of Borges' work, but this is nonsense. His literature is respected across the aisle, but also considered to be very right-wing (he was pro-military dictatorships, anti-feminist, etc.) To chalk a majority of Argentinean literary culture to him would be to severely underestimate how popular things like Psychoanalysis and Zizek are over there.
- edko 11y agoBorges may have been a conservative, but it never shows in his writing. I would not call him right-wing at all, but conservative. He was a man of the early-mid-20th century. Who knows if his views today would be the same. Society in general is more progressive now than during his lifetime. A reason not to call Borges right-wing is his strong opposition to the Mussolini-admirer colonel who was one of the prominent members of the coup of '43, later president, and later a guest of Franco. For being against this fascist, Borges was fired from his position as director of the National Library, and relegated to being an inspector of fowl and cage animals in municipal markets.
- dethstar 11y agoAlso, is not as if he was the only good Argentine writer. Sabato, anyone?
- wslh 11y agoBorges, in his own words, was an anarchist [1]. BTW if you want to talk to a Borges expert, who knows more about Borges genealogy than Borges himself check: http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~mhadis/ http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~mhadis/ , and his books: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=martin+hadis http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3D... [1] https://vimeo.com/73956836 https://vimeo.com/73956836
- Daishiman 11y agoBorges, Quiroga, Sábato, Cortázar. The number of talented, groundbreaking writers is astounding. Plus an incredibly active culture of underground writers and poets.
- alecco 11y agoBorges identified himself more as a librarian than writer. He was Director of the national library for a long time, until politicians removed him. His one line CV said librarian.
- harperlee 11y agoSome of the replies at this assume "Borges" as the cause, the response to "Why". It can also read as a simple association, as in "this article brings one word to my mind: Borges". In Borges, libraries are a recurrent theme, as there are labyrinths, and Argentinian folklore, timeless, godly structures, etc. Borges himself basically grew in a library. He also wrote this: http://hyperdiscordia.crywalt.com/library_of_babel.html http://hyperdiscordia.crywalt.com/library_of_babel.html