Serial instincts
This article assumes that instinct proposes an expeditious solution for contemporary culture, homogenizing multiple manifestations from the protective intensity of the maternal and the irremissible loss of the sexual, to the unstoppable murderous yearning. Our hypothesis holds that this category is...
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Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad
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| description | This article assumes that instinct proposes an expeditious solution for contemporary culture, homogenizing multiple manifestations from the protective intensity of the maternal and the irremissible loss of the sexual, to the unstoppable murderous yearning. Our hypothesis holds that this category is conformed as a “semiotic scaffolding” whose function would be to translate human irrationality. In dialogue with the semiologist Yuri Lotman and the philosopher Michel Foucault, we will say that artistic texts such as TV series will be a fertile ground for questioning how hypothetical instincts are reactivated, around a notion of “anomaly” and the complex mechanisms that ensure their domestication and control. We will analyze The Fall, narrative where the polyhedral construction of an instinct in the fictional figure of the serial killer does not flow in an isolated manner, since sexuality appears to conform a complex instinctual order. In this sense, the story captures that the problem of instinct recalls individual and collective identities, as well as regimes that sustain them. Based on this, instinct would be partially detached from its biological character, becoming semiotic category of analysis: textual operative that allows to attend to cognitive domains, and to show ethical aspects in a deterministic understanding of subjectivities on which each cultures inscribe meanings. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-227732019-07-31T16:08:49Z Serial instincts Instintos en serie Gómez Ponce, Ariel Series de TV Instintos Asesino serial Semiótica de la cultura Traducción TV series Instincts Serial killers Cultural semiotics Translation This article assumes that instinct proposes an expeditious solution for contemporary culture, homogenizing multiple manifestations from the protective intensity of the maternal and the irremissible loss of the sexual, to the unstoppable murderous yearning. Our hypothesis holds that this category is conformed as a “semiotic scaffolding” whose function would be to translate human irrationality. In dialogue with the semiologist Yuri Lotman and the philosopher Michel Foucault, we will say that artistic texts such as TV series will be a fertile ground for questioning how hypothetical instincts are reactivated, around a notion of “anomaly” and the complex mechanisms that ensure their domestication and control. We will analyze The Fall, narrative where the polyhedral construction of an instinct in the fictional figure of the serial killer does not flow in an isolated manner, since sexuality appears to conform a complex instinctual order. In this sense, the story captures that the problem of instinct recalls individual and collective identities, as well as regimes that sustain them. Based on this, instinct would be partially detached from its biological character, becoming semiotic category of analysis: textual operative that allows to attend to cognitive domains, and to show ethical aspects in a deterministic understanding of subjectivities on which each cultures inscribe meanings. Este artículo asume que el instinto propone una solución expeditiva para la cultura contemporánea, homogeneizando múltiples manifestaciones que van desde la intensidad protectora de lo maternal y la perdición irremisible de lo sexual, hasta el irrefrenable anhelo asesino. Nuestra hipótesis sostiene que esta categoría se conforma como un “andamiaje semiótico” cuya función sería la de traducir la irracionalidad humana. En diálogo con el semiólogo Yuri Lotman y el filósofo Michel Foucault, diremos que textos artísticos como las series de TV serán un terreno fértil para poner en cuestión cómo se reactivan hipotéticos instintos, en torno a una noción de “anomalía” y en relación con los complejos mecanismos que aseguran su domesticación y su control. Analizaremos la serie The Fall, narrativa donde la poliédrica construcción de un instinto en la figura ficcional del asesino serial no fluye de manera aislada, pues lo sexual comulga para conformar un complejo orden de lo instintual. En tal sentido, el relato captura la imposibilidad de plantear la problemática del instinto sin recalar en las identidades individuales y colectivas, como también en los regímenes que las sostienen. En función de ello, el instinto se desprendería parcialmente de su carácter biológico, deviniendo categoría semiótica de análisis: operatoria textual que permite atender a dominios cognoscitivos, al tiempo que pone de manifiesto aspectos éticos en una comprensión determinista de subjetividades sobre las cuales las culturas inscriben sus sentidos. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2018-11-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/22773 10.31056/2250.5415.v8.n3.22773 Ética y Cine Journal; Vol. 8 Núm. 3 (2018): Fanatismos; 43-57 2250-5415 2250-5660 10.31056/2250.5415.v8.n3 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/22773/23042 Derechos de autor 2018 Ética&Cine Journal |
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| topic | Series de TV Instintos Asesino serial Semiótica de la cultura Traducción TV series Instincts Serial killers Cultural semiotics Translation |
| topic_facet | Series de TV Instintos Asesino serial Semiótica de la cultura Traducción TV series Instincts Serial killers Cultural semiotics Translation |
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