Mišela Fukoovo tumačenje Las Meninas. Ili, čisti prikaz kao tautološka struktura znaka
Michel Foucault's (Mis)interpretation Of Las Meninas. Or, Purerepresentation As The Tautologous Structure Of The Sign

Summary/Abstract: The article looks at Velázquez's Las Meninas through the prism of phenomenology and poststructuralism. It takes as its starting point Foucault's assertion that the painting is quintessentially an example of pure representation characteristic of the Classical age, as Foucault defines it. The article strives to show pure representation as a self-posited structural organization resembling nothing but itself, and consequently interprets Las Meninas painting as a philosophical metaphor of the functioning of tautologous signification. This necessarily leads to the radicalisation of Foucault's archaeology by extending the boundaries of the modern episteme to include the painting Las Meninas. Furthermore, the essay reflects on the implications of such an interpretation, namely on the interplay between the interpretation and the interpreted, on the self-referentiality of the poststructuralist discourse that subsumes all history of ideas within itself.

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