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Posted By:  satisshroff
Posted On:  Oct 27, 2010

  Creative Writing Submissions, Uni Freiburg SS 2010 (Satis Shroff)

Creative Writing Submissions (Short Stories) ZfS Uni Freiburg SS 2010: The Kernel of the Brute (Thilo Bronnenmeyer): The Devil smiled and said, ‘After all that’s what the Apocalypse is about, isn’t it?’ The Willow Chair (Alexander Bühler): A real page turner: ‘I burnt the...... [view]

Posted By:  ugowach
Posted On:  Aug 15, 2008

  THE GREAT PLACE ...

PROLOGUE     "Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color...... [view]

Posted By:  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]

Posted By:  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]

Posted By:  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]

Posted By:  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]

Posted By:  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]

Posted By:  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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