Dywagacje wokół kwestii założeniowości oraz pola badań bibliologicznych

Abstract

The author presents some reflections on the field of bibliological research in the context of postmodernist discussion of culture. It is claimed that epistemological approach and non-assumptive account and description of the examined subject are not sufficient for the understanding of the multilayered structure of a book, its social functions and its cultural sense. The second part of the article presents new research possibilities that emerge after introducing certain anthropological assumptions. Modern bibliology seems to be overburdened with the myths of reason. This leads to simplifications in perceiving the book as a whole. Anthropological contexts allow us to overcome these simplifications and enable us to see the book as a symbolic unity which fulfils the assigned cultural functions in the mutual relations between the inner and the outer layers.