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The Parallax View
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Author : Slavoj Zizek
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2009-02-13
The Parallax View written by Slavoj Zizek and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-13 with Philosophy categories.
In Žižek's long-awaited magnum opus, he theorizes the "parallax gap" in the ontological, the scientific, and the political—and rehabilitates dialectical materialism. The Parallax View is Slavoj Žižek's most substantial theoretical work to appear in many years; Žižek himself describes it as his magnum opus. Parallax can be defined as the apparent displacement of an object, caused by a change in observational position. Žižek is interested in the "parallax gap" separating two points between which no synthesis or mediation is possible, linked by an "impossible short circuit" of levels that can never meet. From this consideration of parallax, Žižek begins a rehabilitation of dialectical materialism. Modes of parallax can be seen in different domains of today's theory, from the wave-particle duality in quantum physics to the parallax of the unconscious in Freudian psychoanalysis between interpretations of the formation of the unconscious and theories of drives. In The Parallax View, Žižek, with his usual astonishing erudition, focuses on three main modes of parallax: the ontological difference, the ultimate parallax that conditions our very access to reality; the scientific parallax, the irreducible gap between the phenomenal experience of reality and its scientific explanation, which reaches its apogee in today's brain sciences (according to which "nobody is home" in the skull, just stacks of brain meat—a condition Žižek calls "the unbearable lightness of being no one"); and the political parallax, the social antagonism that allows for no common ground. Between his discussions of these three modes, Žižek offers interludes that deal with more specific topics—including an ethical act in a novel by Henry James and anti-anti-Semitism. The Parallax View not only expands Žižek's Lacanian-Hegelian approach to new domains (notably cognitive brain sciences) but also provides the systematic exposition of the conceptual framework that underlies his entire work. Philosophical and theological analysis, detailed readings of literature, cinema, and music coexist with lively anecdotes and obscene jokes.
The Parallax View
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Author : Loren Singer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002-12-01
The Parallax View written by Loren Singer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-01 with Fiction categories.
Some Comments from here and abroad concerning THE PARALLAX VIEW: “An exciting story to begin with… the sinister events in the United States make it more powerful.” Wigan Evening Post (England) “… Mr. Singer’s narrative is stunning to read…” Oxford Mail (England) “… a very original novel.” Boileau-Narcejac, L’Express (France) “… don’t miss it for any reason.” Mysterie Magazine (France) “… will the enormous machine finally destroy us all… under the pretext of preserving the common good…” Petites Affiches Lyonnais (France) “…an astounding example of the genre…” Progres Dimanche (France) “… a chilling suspense story.” Seattle Times “… amazingly skillful novel.” St. Louis Post Dispatch “… interesting, intriguing, frightening.” Daily Olympian “… dark, brooding, exciting, and good story-telling…” Canyon Crier “… an exciting and suspenseful plot written with harsh accents.” Delta Democrat Times “… a skillful talented writer.” Tuscaloosa News “… there is a strange and fascinating book on the stands…” Albany Knickerbocker News “… a highly enigmatic suspense novel…” New York Post “… written with the vigor and strength that gives truth to fiction…” Republique, Toulon (France) A film version of this novel by Paramount is often shown on television. Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss, and Warren Beatty were in the cast. The cinematographer was Gordon Willis, the director Alan Pakula. Cover Photograph by Ellen Jaffe.
Transcritique
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Author : Kojin Karatani
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2005-01-14
Transcritique written by Kojin Karatani and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-14 with Philosophy categories.
Kojin Karatani's Transcritique introduces a startlingly new dimension to Immanuel Kant's transcendental critique by using Kant to read Karl Marx and Marx to read Kant. In a direct challenge to standard academic approaches to both thinkers, Karatani's transcritical readings discover the ethical roots of socialism in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason and a Kantian critique of money in Marx's Capital. Karatani reads Kant as a philosopher who sought to wrest metaphysics from the discredited realm of theoretical dogma in order to restore it to its proper place in the sphere of ethics and praxis. With this as his own critical model, he then presents a reading of Marx that attempts to liberate Marxism from longstanding Marxist and socialist presuppositions in order to locate a solid theoretical basis for a positive activism capable of gradually superseding the trinity of Capital-Nation-State.
The Parallax View
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Author : Slavoj Zizek
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2009-02-13
The Parallax View written by Slavoj Zizek and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-13 with Philosophy categories.
In Žižek's long-awaited magnum opus, he theorizes the "parallax gap" in the ontological, the scientific, and the political—and rehabilitates dialectical materialism. The Parallax View is Slavoj Žižek's most substantial theoretical work to appear in many years; Žižek himself describes it as his magnum opus. Parallax can be defined as the apparent displacement of an object, caused by a change in observational position. Žižek is interested in the "parallax gap" separating two points between which no synthesis or mediation is possible, linked by an "impossible short circuit" of levels that can never meet. From this consideration of parallax, Žižek begins a rehabilitation of dialectical materialism. Modes of parallax can be seen in different domains of today's theory, from the wave-particle duality in quantum physics to the parallax of the unconscious in Freudian psychoanalysis between interpretations of the formation of the unconscious and theories of drives. In The Parallax View, Žižek, with his usual astonishing erudition, focuses on three main modes of parallax: the ontological difference, the ultimate parallax that conditions our very access to reality; the scientific parallax, the irreducible gap between the phenomenal experience of reality and its scientific explanation, which reaches its apogee in today's brain sciences (according to which "nobody is home" in the skull, just stacks of brain meat—a condition Žižek calls "the unbearable lightness of being no one"); and the political parallax, the social antagonism that allows for no common ground. Between his discussions of these three modes, Žižek offers interludes that deal with more specific topics—including an ethical act in a novel by Henry James and anti-anti-Semitism. The Parallax View not only expands Žižek's Lacanian-Hegelian approach to new domains (notably cognitive brain sciences) but also provides the systematic exposition of the conceptual framework that underlies his entire work. Philosophical and theological analysis, detailed readings of literature, cinema, and music coexist with lively anecdotes and obscene jokes.
Parallax Visions
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Author : Bruce Cumings
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2002
Parallax Visions written by Bruce Cumings and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Collection of essays by Cumings on the complex problems of political economy and ideology, power and culture in East and Northeast Asia, providing an understanding of the United States's role in these regions and the consequences for subsequent policy mak
An Investigative Cinema
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Author : Fabrizio Cilento
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-07-17
An Investigative Cinema written by Fabrizio Cilento and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-17 with Performing Arts categories.
This book traces the development of investigative cinema, whose main characteristic lies in reconstructing actual events, political crises, and conspiracies. These documentary-like films refrain from a simplistic reconstruction of historical events and are mainly concerned with what does not immediately appear on the surface of events. Consequently, they raise questions about the nature of the “truth” promoted by institutions, newspapers, and media reports. By highlighting unanswered questions, they leave us with a lack of clarity, and the questioning of documentation becomes the actual narrative. Investigative cinema is examined in relation to the historical conjunctures of the “economic miracle” in Italy, the simultaneous decolonization and reordering of culture in France, the waves of globalization and neoliberalism in post-dictatorial Latin America, and the post-Watergate, post-9/11 climate in US society. Investigative cinema is exemplified by the films Salvatore Giuliano, The Battle of Algiers, The Parallax View, Gomorrah, Zero Dark Thirty, and Citizenfour.
The Parallax View
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Author : Katarzyna Owczarek
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Parallax View written by Katarzyna Owczarek and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Poets, Polish categories.
"Miłosz and his points of contact with Russia is the subject of the present study which was undertaken in hopes of gaining an insight into the formation of cultural stereotypes. If we follow lung's assumption that the subconscious is dependent on telluric conditions, the geographical architectonics of Miłosz's birthplace and his epiphany-like encounter with Russia gain the status of the cartography of cultural belonging and of the constant evaluation of the self as well as of explaining one's life, and ultimately of finding one's way 'home' and of restoring the sacred dimension. Despite abundant scholarship on Miłosz, there is not a single study, which would address Miłosz's mental meanderings concerning Russia. He is most often treated as a poet and when he is analyzed as an essayist or a prose writer, he loses his complexity because he is treated exclusively as one or the other: as a writer with an autobiographical slant or as an author of a political science genre. The interdisciplinary approach, employed in this study, supports a vision of Russia that is, indeed, multi-farious and constantly shifting. Miłosz's vision of Russia is characterized by duality which is closely bound to an internal split within Miłosz - the man who is balancing between being alienated from and being reconciled to the human condition. However, this non-univocal quality is a function of the biblical legend of the Fall which in Miłosz's interpretation becomes a metaphor for human spiritual disinheritance. Atrophy of the religious imagination is clearly named by Miłosz as a culprit in the downward spiral of the disintegration of self-hood found in the excesses of Stalinism. A life destroyed by communism is re-created in Miłosz's writings as his tools for reconfiguring a meaningful insight into another culture are reinvented"--Leaf vi
The Parallax View
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Author : Gerardo Corral Gambirazzio
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Parallax View written by Gerardo Corral Gambirazzio and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
On Time Causality And The Block Universe
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Author : Anthony C. Proctor
language : en
Publisher: Clink Street Publishing
Release Date : 2022-02-15
On Time Causality And The Block Universe written by Anthony C. Proctor and has been published by Clink Street Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-15 with Social Science categories.
May of us harbour deep questions on subjects such as the origin of the universe, the concepts of time and causality, the nature of consciousness and free will, the mind-body problems of philosophy, the relationship between mathematics and physics, and more. Conventional answers will usually be from fundamental physics (often deeply mathematical) or philosophy (often very abstract). This work takes a different view of reality by substituting mathematical determinism for causal determinism, thereby making it clear why mathematics so adequately describes our observations and measurements. It then deconstructs many aspects of experience - all of which taint our supposedly objective study of the universe - to see how they emerge from a timeless block universe. Subjects such as quantum theory, change, choice, probability, thermodynamics, and consciousness all have to be disassembled. The conclusion is consistent with both mathematics and experience, provides an answer that is immune from the question of 'first cause', and yet does not lead to further questions, albeit in an unexpected way.
Hollywood S Last Golden Age
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Author : Jonathan Kirshner
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2012-11-15
Hollywood S Last Golden Age written by Jonathan Kirshner and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-15 with Performing Arts categories.
Between 1967 and 1976 a number of extraordinary factors converged to produce an uncommonly adventurous era in the history of American film. The end of censorship, the decline of the studio system, economic changes in the industry, and demographic shifts among audiences, filmmakers, and critics created an unprecedented opportunity for a new type of Hollywood movie, one that Jonathan Kirshner identifies as the "seventies film." In Hollywood's Last Golden Age, Kirshner shows the ways in which key films from this period—including Chinatown, Five Easy Pieces, The Graduate, and Nashville, as well as underappreciated films such as The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Klute, and Night Moves—were important works of art in continuous dialogue with the political, social, personal, and philosophical issues of their times. These "seventies films" reflected the era's social and political upheavals: the civil rights movement, the domestic consequences of the Vietnam war, the sexual revolution, women's liberation, the end of the long postwar economic boom, the Shakespearean saga of the Nixon Administration and Watergate. Hollywood films, in this brief, exceptional moment, embraced a new aesthetic and a new approach to storytelling, creating self-consciously gritty, character-driven explorations of moral and narrative ambiguity. Although the rise of the blockbuster in the second half of the 1970s largely ended Hollywood’s embrace of more challenging films, Kirshner argues that seventies filmmakers showed that it was possible to combine commercial entertainment with serious explorations of politics, society, and characters’ interior lives.