Overinterpretation

[saavedra77]

"Codes, conspiracies, prophecies, encryptions: in all these ways, a civilization in which everyday life seems increasingly directionless compensates for a lack of sense with an excess of it. Frenetic overinterpretation makes up for a general hemorrhage of meaning." (Italics added.)

- Terry Eagleton, "The Enlightenment is Dead! Long Live the Enlightenment!" Harper's Magazine, March 2005.

Comments

[hippybngstockng.livejournal.com]

Overinterpretation was one of the aspects of the Hampshire culture that made me soooooooooooo tired. Sucks the fun right out of most things ;)

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm a recovering overinterpreter. ;)