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Tag was last used: Jul 31, 2008
 
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Postat de:  mydemand
Posted On:  Dec 7, 2007

  Gift Guide: Top 24++ Books for the Educated Deviant (or the Deviantly Educated)

Originally, while writing this post, I was going to make a Top 10 gift list that encompassed all sorts of different things for those who love learning differently. However, just the book list became a major list on their own. I may make the others into their own list, but let’s do it in...... [view]

Postat de:  esum
Posted On:  Sep 21, 2006

  In Praise of Shadows

Media: book, essay Who: Tanizaki Junichiro When: 1933 What: A humerous essay considering Japanese culture, values and aesthetics in a period of modernization and hypermilitarism. Tanizaki essentializes and freezes the East-West binary, although not without a sense of facetiousness. Links:...... [view]

Postat de:  esum
Posted On:  Sep 1, 2006

  The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography

What: book Who: British author, Angela Carter When: 1979 What: Carter's analysis of the Marquis de Sade's Justine and Juliette, the virgin and the whore, is witty, polemical and even playful as she relates those female figures to contemporary sexual politics. Quotes: "Myth deals in false...... [view]

Postat de:  esum
Posted On:  Sep 1, 2006

  Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life

Media: book Who: Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben When: 1995 What: In this text Agamben explores two figures of contradictory exemption: the sovereign who has the power to wield the law, but can be excluded and "homo sacer" who is excluded from law, but is present in legal definition....... [view]

Postat de:  esum
Posted On:  Aug 19, 2006

  Bias of Communication

Media: book Who: Canadian economist and media theorist, Harold Innis When: 1951 What: One of Innis' later works, this book describes values and ways of thinking supported by and inherent to different types of media. One of Marshall McLuhan's major influences. Links: biography and theory...... [view]

Postat de:  esum
Posted On:  Jul 18, 2006

  Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Media: book Who: Dee Brown, an American novelist, historian, librarian, reporter When: 1970 What: a history of America's colonization from the point of view of the Native Americans. A powerful story of institutionalized warfare and genocide. Links: enotes ... [view]

Postat de:  esum
Posted On:  Jun 28, 2006

  Massive Change

Media: book and exhibition Who: Canadian designer Bruce Mau and his institute When: Toronto exhibition 2005 What: Exploring notions of development through design. Philosophy of the exhibition and book is entirely founded upon the values of modernism and capitalism. Emphasis on "global...... [view]

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