Impossible Exchange

Author : Jean Baudrillard
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781789600391

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Impossible Exchange by Jean Baudrillard Pdf

Working his way through the various spheres and systems of everyday life-the political, the juridical, the economical, the aesthetic, the biological, among others-he finds that they are all characterized by the same non-equivalence, and hence the same eccentricity. Literally, they have no meaning outside themselves and cannot be exchanged for anything. Politics is laden with signs and meanings, but seen from the outside it has no meaning. Schemes for genetic experimentation and investigation are becoming infinitely ramified, and the more ramified they become the more the crucial question is left unanswered: who rules over life? Who rules over death? Baudrillard's conclusion is that the true formula of contemporary nihilism lies here: the nihilism of value itself. This is our fate, and from this stem both the happiest and the most baleful consequences. This book might be said to be the exploration, first, of the 'fateful' consequences, and subsequently-by a poetic transference of situation-of the fortunate, happy consequences of impossible exchange.

Author : Ian Cutler
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786420933

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Cynicism from Diogenes to Dilbert by Ian Cutler Pdf

Cynicism began as a school of philosophy that was largely inspired by Socrates and often decried by popular commentators as a social pathology, a nihilistic rebellion against the foundations of civilization. Modern definitions of the cynic describe an individual who is negative and sarcastic, violently opposed to established authority and social convention, and dedicated to existentialism. This book attempts to vindicate cynicism, arguing that it is both a progressive approach to social dilemmas and an enlightened understanding of the human condition. Chapter One establishes the foundations of classical Greek cynicism, while later chapters illustrate the varied faces of the cynic phenomenon in the persons of such disparate characters as Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Diogenes, the Dadaists, George Bataille, Samuel Beckett, Auberon Waugh, the creators of South Park, and others. Nietzsche is portrayed as the most important representative of both classical and postmodern cynicism, as well as the pivotal link between the two. The book focuses on significant periods of historical change, such as the Renaissance, and the historical cynics responsible for several seminal social ideas, including cosmopolitanism (citizenship of the world), asceticism (personal growth through self-testing), and parrhesia (finding one's voice in the presence of tyrannical forces). The author claims that aspects of Greek cynicism are present in contemporary society, offering a positive strategy for living in a hostile world.

Author : R. Jon McGee,Richard L. Warms
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1053 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452276304

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Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology by R. Jon McGee,Richard L. Warms Pdf

Social and cultural anthropology and archaeology are rich subjects with deep connections in the social and physical sciences. Over the past 150 years, the subject matter and different theoretical perspectives have expanded so greatly that no single individual can command all of it. Consequently, both advanced students and professionals may be confronted with theoretical positions and names of theorists with whom they are only partially familiar, if they have heard of them at all. Students, in particular, are likely to turn to the web to find quick background information on theorists and theories. However, most web-based information is inaccurate and/or lacks depth. Students and professionals need a source to provide a quick overview of a particular theory and theorist with just the basics—the "who, what, where, how, and why," if you will. In response, SAGE Reference plans to publish the two-volume Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia. Features & Benefits: Two volumes containing approximately 335 signed entries provide users with the most authoritative and thorough reference resource available on anthropology theory, both in terms of breadth and depth of coverage. To ease navigation between and among related entries, a Reader's Guide groups entries thematically and each entry is followed by Cross-References. In the electronic version, the Reader's Guide combines with the Cross-References and a detailed Index to provide robust search-and-browse capabilities. An appendix with a Chronology of Anthropology Theory allows students to easily chart directions and trends in thought and theory from early times to the present. Suggestions for Further Reading at the end of each entry and a Master Bibliography at the end guide readers to sources for more detailed research and discussion.

Author : James Walters
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567073358

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Baudrillard and Theology by James Walters Pdf

Jean Baudrillard was one of the foremost intellectual figures of the late twentieth century and his work is currently reaching a new prominence in the English-speaking world. Known as the "high priest of postmodernity", Baudrillard never directly addressed theological concerns. However, his provocative analysis of the changing nature of reality, subjectivity and agency is of increasing importance to contemporary theology. Furthermore, his mode of cultural analysis (which he himself describes as "mystical") provides fruitful possibilities for theological reasoning in the post-idealist world he describes. James Walters provides the context of Baudrillard's writing and identifies key influences. He then sets out his core ideas, drawing in theological responses and relating them to theological concerns. Finally, he highlights some areas of his work of particular theological interest.

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Economics
ISBN : NYPL:33433006010585

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Principles of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill Pdf

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105047226514

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Principles of Political Economy, with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy by John Stuart Mill Pdf

Author : Arthur Kroker,Marilouise Kroker
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442666719

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Critical Digital Studies by Arthur Kroker,Marilouise Kroker Pdf

Since its initial publication, Critical Digital Studies has proven an indispensable guide to understanding digitally mediated culture. Bringing together the leading scholars in this growing field, internationally renowned scholars Arthur and Marilouise Kroker present an innovative and interdisciplinary survey of the relationship between humanity and technology. The reader offers a study of our digital future, a means of understanding the world with new analytic tools and means of communication that are defining the twenty-first century. The second edition includes new essays on the impact of social networking technologies and new media. A new section – “New Digital Media” – presents important, new articles on topics including hacktivism in the age of digital power and the relationship between gaming and capitalism. The extraordinary range and depth of the first edition has been maintained in this new edition. Critical Digital Studies will continue to provide the leading edge to readers wanting to understand the complex intersection of digital culture and human knowledge.

Author : Laurent Dubreuil
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801467509

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Empire of Language by Laurent Dubreuil Pdf

The relationship between power and language has been a central theme in critical theory for decades now, yet there is still much to be learned about the sheer force of language in the world in which we live. In Empire of Language, Laurent Dubreuil explores the power-language phenomenon in the context of European and, particularly, French colonialism and its aftermath. Through readings of the colonial experience, he isolates a phraseology based on possession, in terms of both appropriation and haunting, that has persisted throughout the centuries. Not only is this phraseology a legacy of the past, it is still active today, especially in literary renderings of the colonial experience—but also, and more paradoxically, in anticolonial discourse. This phrase shaped the teaching of European languages in the (former) empires, and it tried to configure the usage of those idioms by the "Indigenes." Then, scholarly disciplines have to completely reconsider their discursive strategies about the colonial, if, at least, they attempt to speak up.Dubreuil ranges widely in terms of time and space, from the ancien régime through the twentieth century, from Paris to Haiti to Quebec, from the Renaissance to the riots in the banlieues. He examines diverse texts, from political speeches, legal documents, and colonial treatises to anthropological essays, poems of the Négritude, and contemporary rap, ever attuned to the linguistic strategies that undergird colonial power. Equally conversant in both postcolonial criticism and poststructuralist scholarship on language, but also deeply grounded in the sociohistorical context of the colonies, Dubreuil sets forth the conditions for an authentically postcolonial scholarship, one that acknowledges the difficulty of getting beyond a colonialism—and still maintains the need for an afterward.

Author : Jeff Menne,Christian B. Long
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135049928

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Film and the American Presidency by Jeff Menne,Christian B. Long Pdf

The contention of Film and the American Presidency is that over the twentieth century the cinema has been a silent partner in setting the parameters of what we might call the presidential imaginary. This volume surveys the partnership in its longevity, placing stress on especially iconic presidents such as Lincoln and FDR. The contributions to this collection probe the rich interactions between these high institutions of culture and politics—Hollywood and the presidency—and argue that not only did Hollywood acting become an idiom for presidential style, but that Hollywood early on understood its own identity through the presidency’s peculiar mix of national epic and unified protagonist. Additionally, they contend that studios often made their films to sway political outcomes; that the performance of presidential personae has been constrained by the kinds of bodies (for so long, white and male) that have occupied the office, such that presidential embodiment obscures the body politic; and that Hollywood and the presidency may finally be nothing more than two privileged figures of media-age power.

Author : Friedrich Freiherr von Wieser,William Smart
Publisher : London ; New York : Macmillan and Company
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Value
ISBN : UVA:X000890875

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Natural Value by Friedrich Freiherr von Wieser,William Smart Pdf

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Economics
ISBN : UCBK:B000952476

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Principles of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OSU:32435066010521

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Parliamentary Papers by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : John Joseph Lalor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B3511249

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Cyclopædia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political History of the United States by John Joseph Lalor Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Eastern question (Balkan)
ISBN : MINN:31951000969682P

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The Near East by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1212 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062835462

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The Law Journal Reports by Anonim Pdf