The Overflow of Rationalist Compulsion in Ernesto Sábato’s El Túnel

 

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Автор: Vargas Campos, Ronulfo
Формат: artículo original
Статус:Versión publicada
Дата публикации:2026
Описание:Ernesto Sabato’s novel El túnel, is interpreted as an exploration of the human condition in the liberal contemporary world. Juan Pablo Castel embodies the existential crisis of the modern individual. In this sense, the article weighs the novel’s existentialist background, based on the philosophy of thinkers such as Heidegger and Camus, and the critical psychoanalytic approach for reducing the plot’s driving force to a mere psychopathology without social dimension. Furthermore, Hegelian dialectics codify the relationship between Castel and Iribarne, which culminates in a catastrophic dynamic of possession driven by unilateral recognition. By contextualizing the work within contemporary Argentina, marked by sociopolitical instability, the narrative reinforces the notion of a teratogenic society. The concepts of freedom and alienation are also addressed, questioning Sartre’s idealism while proposing a more concrete understanding drawing Marx and Bueno, where freedom is conceived as a process of personal realization with a specific social framework. Thus, the novel unfolds as a critique of possessive individualism and the instrumental rationality of the modern world.
Страна:Portal de Revistas UCR
Институт:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Язык:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/10992
Online-ссылка:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rfilyling/article/view/10992
Ключевое слово:Existentialism
ideology
rationalism
catastrophe
dialectics
Existencialismo
ideología
racionalismo
catástrofe
dialéctica