Negativity in Religious Discourse

Abstract

In this article we state the possibility, starting from the search
and pursuit of the notions of negation and negativity, of
speaking of a negative semantic charge like that quantity of
semanticity that remains through the discourse and that in this
case would be characterized by the eminence and importance
of difference, of operations of negation and negative terms.
A clear example of this can be found in the religious discourse
of Western Christianity and specifically, in the ascetic and its
Hispanic mystic aspects. This work will limit itself to reflecting
on one text that is the very base for those ascetic and mystic
movements after the 14th century: Imitatio Christi by Tomás de
Kempis.