ontology
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(noun) a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being / (noun) a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of things that have existence
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Any ontology of the present needs to be an ideological analysis as well as a phenomenological description
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Any ontology of the present needs to be an ideological analysis as well as a phenomenological description
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reifying
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make (something abstract) more concrete or real
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on the one hand, they thematize reified features of a much more complicated social totality, and on the other, they demand functional interpretation in order to be grasped from an ideological perspective
classic Jameson speak
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on the one hand, they thematize reified features of a much more complicated social totality, and on the other, they demand functional interpretation in order to be grasped from an ideological perspective
classic Jameson speak
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telos
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(noun) an ultimate end (from Greek)
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Modernity, in the sense of modernization and progress, or telos, was now definitively over
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Modernity, in the sense of modernization and progress, or telos, was now definitively over
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Henri Bergson
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a French philosopher (1859-1941), influential especially in the first half of the 20th century and after WWII in continental philosophy; known for his influential arguments that processes of immediate experience and intuition are more significant than abstract rationalism and science for understanding reality
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the Bergsonian durée
he introduced durée as a theory of time and consciousness in his PhD thesis, as a response to Kantian ideas (I don't really know anything more)
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the Bergsonian durée
he introduced durée as a theory of time and consciousness in his PhD thesis, as a response to Kantian ideas (I don't really know anything more)
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portentous
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(adjective) of, relating to, or constituting a portent / (adjective) eliciting amazement or wonder; prodigious / (adjective) being a grave or serious matter / (adjective) self-consciously solemn or important; pompous / (adjective) ponderously excessive
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this portentous philosophical phrase or statement is not outside the work but inside it
on Damien Hirst's 'The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living'
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this portentous philosophical phrase or statement is not outside the work but inside it
on Damien Hirst's 'The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living'
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simulacrum
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(noun) image representation / (noun) an insubstantial form or semblance of something; trace (plural: simulacra)
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This is now second-degree abstraction with a vengeance, in which only the simulacra of things can be called upon to take their place and offer their appearance
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This is now second-degree abstraction with a vengeance, in which only the simulacra of things can be called upon to take their place and offer their appearance
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semiotics
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the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation (adj: semiotic)
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the proliferation of semiotic speculation as well, and of myriad concepts of the sign, the simulacrum, the image, spectacle society, immaterialities of all kinds
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the proliferation of semiotic speculation as well, and of myriad concepts of the sign, the simulacrum, the image, spectacle society, immaterialities of all kinds
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hegemony
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(noun) preponderant influence or authority over others; domination / (noun) the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group
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the current hegemonic ideologies of language and communication
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the current hegemonic ideologies of language and communication
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juridical
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relating to judicial proceedings and the administration of the law
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something with a stable structure and a juridical status
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something with a stable structure and a juridical status
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dialectic
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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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if the derivative shares this philosophical peculiarity with all forms of credit, it nonetheless represents something like a dialectical leap from quantity to quality
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if the derivative shares this philosophical peculiarity with all forms of credit, it nonetheless represents something like a dialectical leap from quantity to quality
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