Semitic Mysteries, Universal Truths
Jewishness and Arabness in Jorge Luis Borges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2177930 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erin Graff Zivin (0000-0002-9978-0742, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 121-139 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-2222 • E-ISSN: 1744-2230 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17442222.2011.579723 |
| OpenAlex | W2006958456 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
‘Semitic Mysteries’ traces the unexpectedly, uncannily similar genealogies of Jewishness and Arabness in the short stories of Argentine poet, essayist and fabulist Jorge Luis Borges. By examining the ways in which Borges situates knowledge in the alternately Jewish and Arab mystical worlds – worlds that, while far-off and exotic, retain a link to the geocultural reality of Argentina through their contemporary immigrant counterparts – this essay argues that Borges turns to the category of the Semitic in order to posit an idea of the universal that can only be accessed through the particular, as well as to articulate the paradoxical position of the Latin American intellectual on the margins of modernity
Arabic · Art · Epistemology · Judaism · Linguistics · Literature · Modernity · Mysticism · Semitic languages · Theology · Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity · Jewish Identity and Society · Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |