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The word shibboleth appears in two poems of Celan’s: “Schibboleth” and “In eins.” Both poems seem to bring this word close to the semantic field of slogan, refusing it the meaning of test-word as phoneme, though a close reading of “In eins” reveals that the poem multiplies possible referents for this word within the poem, through and as multiple citations in multiple languages. The poem addresses itself to and declares itself for an international socialism, yet also holds itself open to a shibboleth-to-come. Shibboleth would be this exposed word, the breath-turn or Atemwende evoked in Celan’s Meridian, an in-eins (in-one) irreducible to identity.
Title: Schibboleth
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The word shibboleth appears in two poems of Celan’s: “Schibboleth” and “In eins.
” Both poems seem to bring this word close to the semantic field of slogan, refusing it the meaning of test-word as phoneme, though a close reading of “In eins” reveals that the poem multiplies possible referents for this word within the poem, through and as multiple citations in multiple languages.
The poem addresses itself to and declares itself for an international socialism, yet also holds itself open to a shibboleth-to-come.
Shibboleth would be this exposed word, the breath-turn or Atemwende evoked in Celan’s Meridian, an in-eins (in-one) irreducible to identity.
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