I guess, that my assumption is regarded as absurd. My assumption is: Concentration on text as text is a way of changing our attitude to the world.

… human kind
Cannot bear very much reality.*

der Mensch
Verträgt nicht sehr viel Wirklichkeit. **

* T.S. Eliot: Burnt Norton (Four Quartets)
**Übersetzt von Norbert Hummelt. In: Schreibheft 66.