¿Metaforosofar? metáfora y filosofar hacia una(s) estética(s) de la (des)obediencia: Erraticidad por las trochas colombianas en el pensamiento de Fernando González Ochoa.

Abstract

The proposal of a Metaphorosophizing—an inquiry into the elements of metaphor and philosophizing that emerge as horizons of meaning for weaving an aesthetic(s) of (dis)obedience from erraticism (later referred to as andering) along the Colombian trails in the thought of Fernando González Ochoa (1895–1964)—takes as its main resting place his undergraduate thesis for the law degree, The Right Not to Obey (1919), later simply titled A Thesis, given the problems its original title caused with the institutional authorities of the time. Equally relevant is the reference to his youthful work Thoughts of an Old Man (1916), as immediately preceding the aforementioned thesis, as well as his Journey on Foot (1929), which marks the transition from his youth to maturity. This does not preclude dialogue with other moments of his work; however, emphasis is placed from the outset on the stages in which this “muleteer” and his caravan gain strength. These works constitute the logical framework for the mobilities of this dissertation, which, through its journeys, paths, and footprints along these trails, will be referred to as the caravan (recua), in order to adopt as its enunciative standpoint the language proper to the muleteer’s craft—an aspect that will be made explicit toward the conclusion of the dissertation. Thus, the decision is made to approach the metaphorical through metaphor itself, in order to elucidate the act of philosophizing that underlies it as an aesthetic feature.