Jazz and Word

The way we read has changed in two fundamental ways. The historicist hermeneutic posited the text as an object. A post-historicist hermeneutic treats the text as a subject that the reader enters a type of relationship. The reader’s perspective now plays a more significant role. Hence the particulars of the reader’s life looms more on the interpretative horizon. With this in mind we see the disasters human and natural. The article in Wired magazine “Organizing for Armageddon” outlines how relief agencies are learning from the spate of recent natural disasters. As I read the article I found their findings interesting but more than anything I was impressed by the ubiquity of natural disasters. This post historicist hermeneutic and the greater awareness of disaster generates an increased sense of contingency.