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The Ideal Athlete: John Wayne in Infinite Jest

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about John Wayne as a representative of all Canadians? idk, very far-fetched imo

Phipps, G. (2015). The Ideal Athlete: John Wayne in Infinite Jest. In Hering, D. Consider David Foster Wallace. Sideshow Media Group, pp. 75-88

a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments

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This dialectic is Hegelian insofar as its paramount ideal is freedom

American vs Canadian idealism in IJ

—p.75 by Gregory Phipps
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6 years, 9 months ago

This dialectic is Hegelian insofar as its paramount ideal is freedom

American vs Canadian idealism in IJ

—p.75 by Gregory Phipps
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6 years, 9 months ago

(linguistics) the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking OR the act or an instance of omitting something

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a star must always elide questions concerning the political and social causes behind the lack of opportunity and infrastructural development in the so-called inner city

on "inner city youth" in mainstream contemporary American sports stories

—p.79 by Gregory Phipps
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6 years, 9 months ago

a star must always elide questions concerning the political and social causes behind the lack of opportunity and infrastructural development in the so-called inner city

on "inner city youth" in mainstream contemporary American sports stories

—p.79 by Gregory Phipps
notable
6 years, 9 months ago

difficult to control; unruly; irritable and quarrelsome

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In Infinite Jest, however, the duality of the individual operates through a fractious dialectic.

—p.81 by Gregory Phipps
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6 years, 9 months ago

In Infinite Jest, however, the duality of the individual operates through a fractious dialectic.

—p.81 by Gregory Phipps
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6 years, 9 months ago

(verb) philosophy: to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis; assimilate (a smaller entity) into a larger one; used by Hegel

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on the narrative level, the solipsistic interpretation of consciousness is entirely sublated here

on John Wayne's rant over the loudspeaker

—p.87 by Gregory Phipps
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6 years, 9 months ago

on the narrative level, the solipsistic interpretation of consciousness is entirely sublated here

on John Wayne's rant over the loudspeaker

—p.87 by Gregory Phipps
notable
6 years, 9 months ago

(adjective) suitable to be imparted to the public / (adjective) belonging to the outer or less initiate circle / (adjective) relating to the outside; external

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always on the cusp of erupting into the exoteric environment

on consciousness, as represented by Wayne's rant in IJ

—p.87 by Gregory Phipps
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6 years, 9 months ago

always on the cusp of erupting into the exoteric environment

on consciousness, as represented by Wayne's rant in IJ

—p.87 by Gregory Phipps
confirm
6 years, 9 months ago