TY - JOUR U1 - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel A1 - Poljakova, Ekaterina T1 - Die Macht der Interpretation JF - Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie N2 - Abstract The article treats the problem of interpretation in its respect to reality by example of Umberto Eco’s moderate ‚realistic‘ position and his criticism of Friedrich Nietzsche, the “father” of postmodernism. Here the strongest arguments on both sides are evaluated: Eco’s “negative realism” pointing out the impossibility of some interpretations and Nietzsche’s thinking out the absolute absence of a privileged position proceeding from which it would be possible to unequivocally identify what is real. The article argues that the crucial point why some interpretations may prove to be stronger or weaker is best described in terms of the concept of power. One however should avoid misconceptions, since power itself is interpretation which nevertheless allows for the gradation of reality, the mobility of its horizons, their shifting and even their potential availability. A much-disputed question of prehistoric times as well as that of death as a limit of interpretability is inter alia included in the analysis. Both classical anti-realistic positions, such as that of Wittgenstein, and the argumentation of contemporary advocates of realism, such as Quentin Meillassoux, are taken into consideration. KW - - KW - reality KW - power KW - realism KW - anti-realism KW - negative realism KW - interpretation KW - horizon KW - death KW - Umberto Eco KW - Friedrich Nietzsche Y1 - 2019 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-34670 SN - 2192-1482 SS - 2192-1482 SN - 0012-1045 SS - 0012-1045 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1515/dzph-2019-0043 DO - https://doi.org/10.1515/dzph-2019-0043 VL - 67 IS - 4 SP - 539 EP - 571 PB - De Gruyter ER -