My review of “Orientalism” (1978) by Edward W. Said (lemmy.ml)
When I asked my friend how she found the book to be, she described it as “a jumble of thoughts that felt familiar.”...
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When I asked my friend how she found the book to be, she described it as “a jumble of thoughts that felt familiar.”...
Disclaimer: there is no English translation of this book...
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/11759040...
This post contains spoilers from the finale....
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The centrality of archaeology in articulating and espousing the politics of nation states as also erstwhile empires is today undeniable. The history of archaeological research and practice is replete with cases where material culture has been used to produce origin myths, shared imaginaries of communities simultaneous with...
Two of Deleuze’s essays read by Acid Horizon....
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I am seeking a scientific explanation behind this phenomenon which is unprecedented to me....
Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021): Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp....
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Parasite 기생충 (2019): Ki-taek’s family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them. The son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend, a student at a prestigious university, for a well-paid tutoring job, spawning hopes of a regular income. Carrying the expectations of all his family, Ki-woo heads...
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I had an interesting thought yesterday. I was pondering, what if some of the archaic literature we relied upon to document past events was actually fictional accounts intended to be read for leisure?...
(Is this on topic?)
The map is known by the name of its author, admiral Piri Reis. Only half of the original map survives today....