by
Armen Avanessian,
Robin Mackay
(editors)
belie
(en)
(verb) to give a false impression of / (verb) to present an appearance not in agreement with / (verb) to show (something) to be false or wrong / (verb) to run counter to; contradict / (verb) disguise
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Not only does the 'historical 'dialectical' belie the speculative dialectic; we have to admit that there is no dialectic at all.
the excessive single quotes are a mistake in the original I think
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Not only does the 'historical 'dialectical' belie the speculative dialectic; we have to admit that there is no dialectic at all.
the excessive single quotes are a mistake in the original I think
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epicurean
(en)
(adj) fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking
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a deviant Epicurean god
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a deviant Epicurean god
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clinamen
(en)
poetic misreading or misprision
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the non-rule of the clinamen
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the non-rule of the clinamen
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cathexis
(en)
(psychoanalysis) the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea
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Transient cathexes, which cause all territories limited and marked by codes to disappear in their wake
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Transient cathexes, which cause all territories limited and marked by codes to disappear in their wake
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nosology
(en)
(noun) a classification or list of diseases / (noun) a branch of medical science that deals with classification of diseases
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capitalism is fetishism [...] in the strict sense that the word takes on in the nosology of perversions
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capitalism is fetishism [...] in the strict sense that the word takes on in the nosology of perversions
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jouissance
(fr)
physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy; the concept featured heavily in the psychoanalysis of Jacques Lacan's and was expanded on by Roland Barthes for literary theory, to contrast with mere "pleasure" derived from reading texts that don't challenge the reader as a subject. can also refer to pleasure that devolves into pain
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Jouissance is unbearable. It is not in order to retain their dignity that the workers will revolt [...] no, it is something else altogether, there is no dignity
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Jouissance is unbearable. It is not in order to retain their dignity that the workers will revolt [...] no, it is something else altogether, there is no dignity
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praxis
(en)
(noun) ; action practice; as / (noun) exercise or practice of an art, science, or skill / (noun) customary practice or conduct / (noun) practical application of a theory
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one sees the decaying Hegelian socialist heritage clinging with increasing desperation to the theological sentimentalities of praxis
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one sees the decaying Hegelian socialist heritage clinging with increasing desperation to the theological sentimentalities of praxis
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telos
(en)
(noun) an ultimate end (from Greek)
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the industrial sphere of telic predestination
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the industrial sphere of telic predestination
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noumenal
(en)
(noun) a posited object or event as it appears in itself independent of perception by the senses
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within the phenomenal ambit of a noumenal subject
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within the phenomenal ambit of a noumenal subject
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ambit
(en)
(noun) the scope, extent, or bounds of something
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within the phenomenal ambit of a noumenal subject
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within the phenomenal ambit of a noumenal subject
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