Self-critique drives deeper immersion into the interpreted object

Evidence

Even if they seem to move in contrary directions, immersive adjustment and reflexive critique belong together: it is by patiently immersing myself in the details and nuances of the interpreted object that my attention seeks to respond in advance to the criticism addressed to its subjectivity. It is its (self)critical dynamic that provides the impetus for the dynamic by which it goes deeper into itself. We recognize here the reversed terms of the oft-repeated condemnation of the ‘younger generations’ for their supposedly absent-minded and a-critical use of the internet. — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 473

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reflection deepens the reflective-reflected split beyond self-consciousness — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 802; Interpretation provokes self-action in the listener rather than instructing him — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 633

Broader Connections

• Reflection deepens the reflective-reflected split beyond self-consciousness #expands (0.78) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 802