The Epistemic Advantage of Self-Analysis for Cultural-Historical Insights
The variants of Warburg’s manuscripts on his Indian Journey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7332579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sigrid Weigel (Verein für Krebsforschung, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 386-404 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | MODOS Revista de História da Arte (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2526-2963 • E-ISSN: 2526-2963 |
| Publisher | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (PUBLISHER • BR) |
| DOI | 10.24978/mod.v4i3.4794 |
| OpenAlex | W3092903735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The article is devoted to analyze different versions and drafts of the 1923 Warburg’s Lecture, held in Kreuzlingen in 1923, on his travel to the United States in 1895/96, at the end of his long convalescence in the sanatorium of Ludwig Binswanger, as well as the respective lectures of 1897. This essay focuses on how the dispersion of these texts, their different dates and interferences in publications over decades had epistemological implications in the interpretation of his famous Conference. Thus, the contrast between fundamental points of these texts, both in their forms and contents – including deliberate terminological fluctuations –, raises theoretical questions that interfere with the understanding of Warburg’s work in its methodological specificity. It stands out his insertion in the style of characteristic thought identified as a movement of Kulturwissenschaft, the specificity of the relations of his work with Anthropology and Philology, but also with Psychoanalysis, especially in the process of certain Freudian formulations elaborated from a process of self-analysis
Art · Epistemology · Freudian slip · Historical materialism · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Marxist philosophy · Philology · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Diverse Interdisciplinary Research Studies · Law · Multidisciplinary Warburg-centric Studies · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |