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La récente polémique franco-chinoise sur la restitution de bronzes du Palais d’Été, celle sur les Cariatides du Parthénon, ou encore la restitution des momies égyptiennes illustrent le débat de plus en plus vif qui oppose les pays « spoliés » aux pays, musées et collectionneurs « détenteurs » d’œuvres d’art considérées comme universelles. Le livre d’Emmanuel Pierrat(...)
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La récente polémique franco-chinoise sur la restitution de bronzes du Palais d’Été, celle sur les Cariatides du Parthénon, ou encore la restitution des momies égyptiennes illustrent le débat de plus en plus vif qui oppose les pays « spoliés » aux pays, musées et collectionneurs « détenteurs » d’œuvres d’art considérées comme universelles. Le livre d’Emmanuel Pierrat(...)
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Faut-il rendre les oeuvres d'art?
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La récente polémique franco-chinoise sur la restitution de bronzes du Palais d’Été, celle sur les Cariatides du Parthénon, ou encore la restitution des momies égyptiennes illustrent le débat de plus en plus vif qui oppose les pays « spoliés » aux pays, musées et collectionneurs « détenteurs » d’œuvres d’art considérées comme universelles. Le livre d’Emmanuel Pierrat pose la question : quelle est la légitimité de ces revendications ? Sont-elles seulement l’expression de la volonté de récupérer un patrimoine pillé autrefois par les Européens ? Au-delà des querelles sur la conservation des œuvres d’art et leur mise à disposition du public, ces revendications sont devenues un enjeu politique majeur et un point de friction « culturelle » avec des États qui veulent récupérer leur histoire.
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La récente polémique franco-chinoise sur la restitution de bronzes du Palais d’Été, celle sur les Cariatides du Parthénon, ou encore la restitution des momies égyptiennes illustrent le débat de plus en plus vif qui oppose les pays « spoliés » aux pays, musées et collectionneurs « détenteurs » d’œuvres d’art considérées comme universelles. Le livre d’Emmanuel Pierrat pose la question : quelle est la légitimité de ces revendications ? Sont-elles seulement l’expression de la volonté de récupérer un patrimoine pillé autrefois par les Européens ? Au-delà des querelles sur la conservation des œuvres d’art et leur mise à disposition du public, ces revendications sont devenues un enjeu politique majeur et un point de friction « culturelle » avec des États qui veulent récupérer leur histoire.
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Walter Benjamin: archives
Walter Benjamin: archives
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Cet ouvrage se compose teizes archives rassemblant images, textes, photographies et schémas de Walter Benjamin. Elles sont fort complexes et très personnelles, parfois marginales, et pourtant elles mènent au centre de son œuvre. Elles tracent un portrait de l’auteur.
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Cet ouvrage se compose teizes archives rassemblant images, textes, photographies et schémas de Walter Benjamin. Elles sont fort complexes et très personnelles, parfois marginales, et pourtant elles mènent au centre de son œuvre. Elles tracent un portrait de l’auteur.
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Walter Benjamin: archives
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Cet ouvrage se compose teizes archives rassemblant images, textes, photographies et schémas de Walter Benjamin. Elles sont fort complexes et très personnelles, parfois marginales, et pourtant elles mènent au centre de son œuvre. Elles tracent un portrait de l’auteur.
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Cet ouvrage se compose teizes archives rassemblant images, textes, photographies et schémas de Walter Benjamin. Elles sont fort complexes et très personnelles, parfois marginales, et pourtant elles mènent au centre de son œuvre. Elles tracent un portrait de l’auteur.
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What is truth in the postmodern age? The artistic generation of the twentieth century has grown up immersed in the delirious imagination of postmodern thought, which insists upon the ultimate uncertainty of meaning and that there is no self-evident truth. In Praise of Nonsense explores the possibilities and parameters of a postmodern imagination freed from the(...)
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What is truth in the postmodern age? The artistic generation of the twentieth century has grown up immersed in the delirious imagination of postmodern thought, which insists upon the ultimate uncertainty of meaning and that there is no self-evident truth. In Praise of Nonsense explores the possibilities and parameters of a postmodern imagination freed from the(...)
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In praise of nonesense : aesthetics, uncertainty, and postmodern identity
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What is truth in the postmodern age? The artistic generation of the twentieth century has grown up immersed in the delirious imagination of postmodern thought, which insists upon the ultimate uncertainty of meaning and that there is no self-evident truth. In Praise of Nonsense explores the possibilities and parameters of a postmodern imagination freed from the philosophical responsibilities of fiction, fact, and replication of lived experience. Mobilizing scholars and contemporary artists, this study examines postmodern thinking through the lenses of identity and visual culture. It focuses on theories of disappearance, irony, and nonsense, where the pleasures of the imaginary give rise to artistic inspiration. When truth is unhinged, so is falsity, and all artistic thinking is called into question. Ted Hiebert takes on the ambitious project of holding postmodernism accountable for its own conclusions while also considering how those conclusions might still be given philosophical and artistic form.
In praise of nonesense : aesthetics, uncertainty, and postmodern identity
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What is truth in the postmodern age? The artistic generation of the twentieth century has grown up immersed in the delirious imagination of postmodern thought, which insists upon the ultimate uncertainty of meaning and that there is no self-evident truth. In Praise of Nonsense explores the possibilities and parameters of a postmodern imagination freed from the philosophical responsibilities of fiction, fact, and replication of lived experience. Mobilizing scholars and contemporary artists, this study examines postmodern thinking through the lenses of identity and visual culture. It focuses on theories of disappearance, irony, and nonsense, where the pleasures of the imaginary give rise to artistic inspiration. When truth is unhinged, so is falsity, and all artistic thinking is called into question. Ted Hiebert takes on the ambitious project of holding postmodernism accountable for its own conclusions while also considering how those conclusions might still be given philosophical and artistic form.
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The fashion system
The fashion system
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In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine—the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion—Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion magazine: "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who(...)
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In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine—the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion—Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion magazine: "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who(...)
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The fashion system
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In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine—the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion—Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion magazine: "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who don't calculate; if clothing's producers and consumers had the same consciousness, clothing would be bought (and produced) only at the very slow rate of its dilapidation."
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In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine—the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion—Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion magazine: "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who don't calculate; if clothing's producers and consumers had the same consciousness, clothing would be bought (and produced) only at the very slow rate of its dilapidation."
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Objectivité
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L'objectivité est nécessaire à l'histoire mais il y a aussi une histoire de l'objectivité : le maître livre de Daston et Galison la développe par une périodisation originale des aventures du concept. Un ouvrage fondamental, rédigé par deux des plus grands historiens actuels des sciences, qui appartient aussi bien à l'histoire de l'art (et à l'histoire tout court) qu'à(...)
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L'objectivité est nécessaire à l'histoire mais il y a aussi une histoire de l'objectivité : le maître livre de Daston et Galison la développe par une périodisation originale des aventures du concept. Un ouvrage fondamental, rédigé par deux des plus grands historiens actuels des sciences, qui appartient aussi bien à l'histoire de l'art (et à l'histoire tout court) qu'à(...)
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L'objectivité est nécessaire à l'histoire mais il y a aussi une histoire de l'objectivité : le maître livre de Daston et Galison la développe par une périodisation originale des aventures du concept. Un ouvrage fondamental, rédigé par deux des plus grands historiens actuels des sciences, qui appartient aussi bien à l'histoire de l'art (et à l'histoire tout court) qu'à celle des sciences et de la philosophie, impliquant des « manières de voir » à la fois sociales, épistémologiques, esthétiques et éthiques. Traduit de l'anglais par Sophie Renaut et Hélène Quiniou (titre original : Objectivity, Zone Books, 2007).
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L'objectivité est nécessaire à l'histoire mais il y a aussi une histoire de l'objectivité : le maître livre de Daston et Galison la développe par une périodisation originale des aventures du concept. Un ouvrage fondamental, rédigé par deux des plus grands historiens actuels des sciences, qui appartient aussi bien à l'histoire de l'art (et à l'histoire tout court) qu'à celle des sciences et de la philosophie, impliquant des « manières de voir » à la fois sociales, épistémologiques, esthétiques et éthiques. Traduit de l'anglais par Sophie Renaut et Hélène Quiniou (titre original : Objectivity, Zone Books, 2007).
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We are living under the administration of fear: fear has become an environment, an everyday landscape. There was a time when wars, famines, and epidemics were localized and limited by a certain time frame. Today, it is the world itself that is limited, saturated, and manipulated, the world itself that seizes us and confines us with a stressful claustrophobia. Stock-market(...)
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We are living under the administration of fear: fear has become an environment, an everyday landscape. There was a time when wars, famines, and epidemics were localized and limited by a certain time frame. Today, it is the world itself that is limited, saturated, and manipulated, the world itself that seizes us and confines us with a stressful claustrophobia. Stock-market(...)
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Paul Virilio : the administration of fear
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We are living under the administration of fear: fear has become an environment, an everyday landscape. There was a time when wars, famines, and epidemics were localized and limited by a certain time frame. Today, it is the world itself that is limited, saturated, and manipulated, the world itself that seizes us and confines us with a stressful claustrophobia. Stock-market crises, undifferentiated terrorism, lightning pandemics, "professional" suicides.... Fear has become the world we live in.
Paul Virilio : the administration of fear
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We are living under the administration of fear: fear has become an environment, an everyday landscape. There was a time when wars, famines, and epidemics were localized and limited by a certain time frame. Today, it is the world itself that is limited, saturated, and manipulated, the world itself that seizes us and confines us with a stressful claustrophobia. Stock-market crises, undifferentiated terrorism, lightning pandemics, "professional" suicides.... Fear has become the world we live in.
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This publication fleshes out our understanding of the past with explorations of lived experiences of embodiment from the middle ages to modernity. This intimate approach to history makes it possible to foreground the tactile foundations of Western culture -the ways in which feelings shaped society. Constance Classen explores a variety of tactile realms including the feel(...)
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This publication fleshes out our understanding of the past with explorations of lived experiences of embodiment from the middle ages to modernity. This intimate approach to history makes it possible to foreground the tactile foundations of Western culture -the ways in which feelings shaped society. Constance Classen explores a variety of tactile realms including the feel(...)
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The deepest sense: a cultural history of touch
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This publication fleshes out our understanding of the past with explorations of lived experiences of embodiment from the middle ages to modernity. This intimate approach to history makes it possible to foreground the tactile foundations of Western culture -the ways in which feelings shaped society. Constance Classen explores a variety of tactile realms including the feel of the medieval city; the tactile appeal of relics; the social histories of pain, pleasure, and affection; the bonds of touch between humans and animals; the strenuous excitement of sports such as wrestling and jousting; and the sensuous attractions of consumer culture. She delves into a range of vital issues, from the uses--and prohibitions--of touch in social interaction to the disciplining of the body by the modern state, from the changing feel of the urban landscape to the technologization of touch in modernity.
The deepest sense: a cultural history of touch
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This publication fleshes out our understanding of the past with explorations of lived experiences of embodiment from the middle ages to modernity. This intimate approach to history makes it possible to foreground the tactile foundations of Western culture -the ways in which feelings shaped society. Constance Classen explores a variety of tactile realms including the feel of the medieval city; the tactile appeal of relics; the social histories of pain, pleasure, and affection; the bonds of touch between humans and animals; the strenuous excitement of sports such as wrestling and jousting; and the sensuous attractions of consumer culture. She delves into a range of vital issues, from the uses--and prohibitions--of touch in social interaction to the disciplining of the body by the modern state, from the changing feel of the urban landscape to the technologization of touch in modernity.
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This new selection brings together Benjamin's major works, including "One-Way Street", his dreamlike, aphoristic observations of urban life in Weimar Germany; "Unpacking My Library", a delightful meditation on book-collecting; the confessional "Hashish in Marseille"; and, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", his seminal essay on how technology changes(...)
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This new selection brings together Benjamin's major works, including "One-Way Street", his dreamlike, aphoristic observations of urban life in Weimar Germany; "Unpacking My Library", a delightful meditation on book-collecting; the confessional "Hashish in Marseille"; and, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", his seminal essay on how technology changes(...)
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Walter Benjamin : One way street and other writings
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This new selection brings together Benjamin's major works, including "One-Way Street", his dreamlike, aphoristic observations of urban life in Weimar Germany; "Unpacking My Library", a delightful meditation on book-collecting; the confessional "Hashish in Marseille"; and, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", his seminal essay on how technology changes the way we appreciate art. Also including writings on subjects ranging from Proust to Kafka, violence to surrealism, this is the essential volume on one of the most prescient critical voices of the modern age.
Walter Benjamin : One way street and other writings
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This new selection brings together Benjamin's major works, including "One-Way Street", his dreamlike, aphoristic observations of urban life in Weimar Germany; "Unpacking My Library", a delightful meditation on book-collecting; the confessional "Hashish in Marseille"; and, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", his seminal essay on how technology changes the way we appreciate art. Also including writings on subjects ranging from Proust to Kafka, violence to surrealism, this is the essential volume on one of the most prescient critical voices of the modern age.
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Welcome to Finland, a young land experiencing a rapidly aging consciousness, where newly founded institutions are already outmoded and geographic impediments are a constant crippling agent. The latest addition to international prankster/deep thinker Ingo Niermann's Solution series, this wryly entertaining book addresses the Nordic country's numerous predicaments. The(...)
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Welcome to Finland, a young land experiencing a rapidly aging consciousness, where newly founded institutions are already outmoded and geographic impediments are a constant crippling agent. The latest addition to international prankster/deep thinker Ingo Niermann's Solution series, this wryly entertaining book addresses the Nordic country's numerous predicaments. The(...)
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Solution 239-246 : Finland, the welfare game
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Welcome to Finland, a young land experiencing a rapidly aging consciousness, where newly founded institutions are already outmoded and geographic impediments are a constant crippling agent. The latest addition to international prankster/deep thinker Ingo Niermann's Solution series, this wryly entertaining book addresses the Nordic country's numerous predicaments. The three Finnish authors offer solutions to their native country's quandaries, ranging from the absurd (the implementation of fiction-mongering emissaries to boost tourism) to the earnest and probably half-serious (the repurposing of the country to host nuclear waste). The book elucidates the northern country's modern history as a nation under construction, proposing that its identity remain a malleable myth.
Solution 239-246 : Finland, the welfare game
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Welcome to Finland, a young land experiencing a rapidly aging consciousness, where newly founded institutions are already outmoded and geographic impediments are a constant crippling agent. The latest addition to international prankster/deep thinker Ingo Niermann's Solution series, this wryly entertaining book addresses the Nordic country's numerous predicaments. The three Finnish authors offer solutions to their native country's quandaries, ranging from the absurd (the implementation of fiction-mongering emissaries to boost tourism) to the earnest and probably half-serious (the repurposing of the country to host nuclear waste). The book elucidates the northern country's modern history as a nation under construction, proposing that its identity remain a malleable myth.
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On super-diversity
On super-diversity
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One of the greatest challenges for art and culture is to represent diversity. But what precisely does this term mean and why does it so often placate rather than produce what it names? Professor Steven Vertovec, Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Göttingen, Germany) puts forward the notion of “super-diversity,” noting(...)
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One of the greatest challenges for art and culture is to represent diversity. But what precisely does this term mean and why does it so often placate rather than produce what it names? Professor Steven Vertovec, Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Göttingen, Germany) puts forward the notion of “super-diversity,” noting(...)
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On super-diversity
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One of the greatest challenges for art and culture is to represent diversity. But what precisely does this term mean and why does it so often placate rather than produce what it names? Professor Steven Vertovec, Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Göttingen, Germany) puts forward the notion of “super-diversity,” noting “the need to re-evaluate conceptions and policy measures surrounding diversity by way of moving beyond an ethno-focal understanding and adopting a multidimensional approach.” Developing this idea further, while aiming to question and complicate the focus on immigration in the current debate, the prolific and provocative scholar and activist Tariq Ramadan weighs in on the subject. In the resulting essay, translated into Dutch and Arabic, Professor Ramadan sets out an argument that foregrounds universalism as a necessary, if devalued, horizon and offers a critique of the uses and limits of dialogue and discourse within the day-to-day practice of super-diversity.
On super-diversity
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One of the greatest challenges for art and culture is to represent diversity. But what precisely does this term mean and why does it so often placate rather than produce what it names? Professor Steven Vertovec, Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Göttingen, Germany) puts forward the notion of “super-diversity,” noting “the need to re-evaluate conceptions and policy measures surrounding diversity by way of moving beyond an ethno-focal understanding and adopting a multidimensional approach.” Developing this idea further, while aiming to question and complicate the focus on immigration in the current debate, the prolific and provocative scholar and activist Tariq Ramadan weighs in on the subject. In the resulting essay, translated into Dutch and Arabic, Professor Ramadan sets out an argument that foregrounds universalism as a necessary, if devalued, horizon and offers a critique of the uses and limits of dialogue and discourse within the day-to-day practice of super-diversity.
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