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teleological
(en)
the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion
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for whom that anti-teleology is integrally related to his broader project for literature
on DFW as someone who resists ending
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for whom that anti-teleology is integrally related to his broader project for literature
on DFW as someone who resists ending
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sous rature
(fr)
under erasure: a strategic philosophical device originally developed by Martin Heidegger; involves the crossing out of a word within a text, but allowing it to remain legible and in place; used extensively by Jacques Derrida in his philosophy of deconstruction to signify that a word is "inadequate yet necessary"
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In Of Grammatology, Derrida introduced his reading of the Heideggerian strategy of overwriting, which he called "sous-rature."
described as an act of superscription, not deletion
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In Of Grammatology, Derrida introduced his reading of the Heideggerian strategy of overwriting, which he called "sous-rature."
described as an act of superscription, not deletion
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late capitalism
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a term used by neo-Marxists to refer to capitalism from about 1945 onwards, with the implication that it is a historically limited stage rather than a permanent
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The term "late," used here in reference to both capitalism and postmodernism, has the same meaning in both cases, and refers to the point in the development of a sociopolitical or artistic system at which it is hegemonic and tending toward decadence, but has not reached the point of breakdown. "Late capitalism" refers to Jameson' conception of the phenomenon as increasingly bureacratic and internationalist, with a slight emphasis on the resonances of limitedness and morbidity associated with the term "late".
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The term "late," used here in reference to both capitalism and postmodernism, has the same meaning in both cases, and refers to the point in the development of a sociopolitical or artistic system at which it is hegemonic and tending toward decadence, but has not reached the point of breakdown. "Late capitalism" refers to Jameson' conception of the phenomenon as increasingly bureacratic and internationalist, with a slight emphasis on the resonances of limitedness and morbidity associated with the term "late".
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lacuna
(en)
an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)
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In the lacuna between speech and interpretration lies the freedom to choose--or not choose--to take part in the process
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In the lacuna between speech and interpretration lies the freedom to choose--or not choose--to take part in the process
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limn
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(verb) depict or describe in painting or words; suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light
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to call the frame into question is to show that the frame never quite contained the scene it was meant to limn
quoting Judith Butler, Frames of War, p9
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to call the frame into question is to show that the frame never quite contained the scene it was meant to limn
quoting Judith Butler, Frames of War, p9
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prelapsarian
(en)
(adjective) characteristic of or belonging to the time or state before the fall of humankind
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the antithesis to some prelapsarian sort of creative production
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the antithesis to some prelapsarian sort of creative production
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syllogistic
(en)
(noun) a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in “every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable”) / (noun) a subtle, specious, or crafty argument / (noun) deductive reasoning
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lacuna
(en)
an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)
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it leaves large lacunae in the untold period
on IJ ending without closure
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it leaves large lacunae in the untold period
on IJ ending without closure
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