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But where danger threatens. That which saves from it also grows. René Girard
Reality is beginning to resemble a truth that was not invented, since it was described 2000 years ago. From the Introduction Until now, my entire work has been presented as a discussion of archaic religion through comparative anthropology. Its goal was to shed light on what is known as the process of hominization, the fascinating […]
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Qrion feat. Flownn – Bright Lights (Boston Bun Remix)
Japanese DJ and producer Qrion is proud to announce the upcoming ‘I Hope It Lasts Forever (Remixed)’, a dazzling compilation of remixes of her tracks from her debut album. A truly international affair, the remix album features tracks from the likes of Germany’s C418, the talented composer and producer behind the Minecraft soundtrack, South Korea’s […]
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Resentment implies we will excuse offenders, spare them our resentment, if we discover they did it by accident
Ressentiment is rather an antiquated term in French and for some time has had a meaning very similar to sentiment. Ressentiment comes from the verb ressentir, to feel strongly, just as sentiment comes from sentir. Before Nietzsche’s work, the initial re did not add much to the meaning of the term. Perhaps it suggested a […]
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ruins are not objects that are distinct and ultimately detached from their environment
Ruins and Memorials Imagining the Past Through Material Forms Zachary Beckstead. Similar to memorials and monuments, ruins are clear illustrations of the way the past becomes objectified and populates our present and future worlds through our imagination. Georg Simmel’s ideas about material relics, ruins, and ruination, in particular, provide an interesting starting point to look into […]
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We need a conducive setting where we can elaborate on our experience of illness.
Chapter 12 NARRATIVE AS AN ELABORATIVE REHEARSAL FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIES Chiara Fioretti In our laboratory or in the hospital with oncological patients, our team implemented intervention studies aiming to evaluate emotional changes of memory due to the opportunity to narrate autobiographical past. (Pg.251) *** I particularly enjoyed the reference to Conway’s (2005) model of self-memory […]
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“The world must be romanticized.” So we need to think some more.
Foreword by PAUL A. KOTTMAN It would be a mistake to read the word “today” in the title of this book as if it were followed by an exclamation point, as if something utterly new and unprecedented were being announced about poetic thinking—Today! as opposed to yesterday. Quite the contrary: the word “today” is meant […]
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