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Revenge, Plasticity and Imagination
No full textThis paper investigates revenge through the interplay of plasticity and imagination. Drawing on C. Malabou’s theory, plasticity encapsulates the capacity to receive and bestow form, emphasizing the dual forces of creation and destruction in transformation. This suggests that revenge, often seen as a fixation on the past, can be countered by Nietzsche’s concept of active forgetting as a strategy to break cycles of repetition. As a result, Malabou’s plasticity aligns with G. Simondon’s idea of imagination’s transitional potential, challenging postmodern skepticism about facts by viewing their ontology through imagination’s transformative work. To explore these considerations, I juxtapose John Wojtowicz’s bank robbery and its cinematic adaptation, Dog Day Afternoon, with Vladimir Putin’s historical manipulations, framing both as efforts to reconstitute true events. This study examines how cultural industries and historical manipulations trap narratives in cycles of schematism. Additionally, I propose my sound work, blending historiography and autobiography to uncover overlooked aspects of history, such as the role of women. Finally, the investigation of revenge through plasticity and imagination, along with the exemplary studies, suggests that imagination can serve as a tool for justice, moving beyond revenge toward creative transformation.This paper investigates revenge through the interplay of plasticity and imagination. Drawing on C. Malabou’s theory, plasticity encapsulates the capacity to receive and bestow form, emphasizing the dual forces of creation and destruction in transformation. This suggests that revenge, often seen as a fixation on the past, can be countered by Nietzsche’s concept of active forgetting as a strategy to break cycles of repetition. As a result, Malabou’s plasticity aligns with G. Simondon’s idea of imagination’s transitional potential, challenging postmodern skepticism about facts by viewing their ontology through imagination’s transformative work. To explore these considerations, I juxtapose John Wojtowicz’s bank robbery and its cinematic adaptation, Dog Day Afternoon, with Vladimir Putin’s historical manipulations, framing both as efforts to reconstitute true events. This study examines how cultural industries and historical manipulations trap narratives in cycles of schematism. Additionally, I propose my sound work, blending historiography and autobiography to uncover overlooked aspects of history, such as the role of women. Finally, the investigation of revenge through plasticity and imagination, along with the exemplary studies, suggests that imagination can serve as a tool for justice, moving beyond revenge toward creative transformation.This paper investigates revenge through the interplay of plasticity and imagination. Drawing on C. Malabou’s theory, plasticity encapsulates the capacity to receive and bestow form, emphasizing the dual forces of creation and destruction in transformation. This suggests that revenge, often seen as a fixation on the past, can be countered by Nietzsche’s concept of active forgetting as a strategy to break cycles of repetition. As a result, Malabou’s plasticity aligns with G. Simondon’s idea of imagination’s transitional potential, challenging postmodern skepticism about facts by viewing their ontology through imagination’s transformative work. To explore these considerations, I juxtapose John Wojtowicz’s bank robbery and its cinematic adaptation, Dog Day Afternoon, with Vladimir Putin’s historical manipulations, framing both as efforts to reconstitute true events. This study examines how cultural industries and historical manipulations trap narratives in cycles of schematism. Additionally, I propose my sound work, blending historiography and autobiography to uncover overlooked aspects of history, such as the role of women. Finally, the investigation of revenge through plasticity and imagination, along with the exemplary studies, suggests that imagination can serve as a tool for justice, moving beyond revenge toward creative transformation
Monetization as a right: a new-legal economic paradigm under FRAND principles
No full textData is vital to the modern worldwide economy functioning. Data is produced by people and by machines owned by people. Data gets collected and processed, hence used (exploited and monetized) by the industry in a proportion of 100% and above as data is an infinite resource which can be used and reused indefinitely. This property creates a disproportionate advantage for those which are equipped with advanced, integrated powerful processing capabilities, storage space and efficient algorithms to extract information from large dataset. Against this background, this contribution explores the role that FRAND principle can play to address the information asymmetry arising between businesses and individuals in the gathering of data
Intervista con Florent Yann Lardic, direttore della rete francese del cibo Terres en Ville
No full textIntervista effettuata il 13 novembre 2024, a cura di Egidio Dansero (Università di Torino) e Joel Solé Lamich (Università di Cordoba)
Semiotica e scuola: Itinerari sul senso in musica per conoscersi dando senso alla musica
No full textTeaching is an art of design. Setting learning environments aimed to develop students' use and comprehension of one or more linguistic aspects in a specific piece of music leads teacher and students' sign production toward that particolar aspect. Learning environment itself, and structured activities along, becomes an interpretant in the sense discussed by C.S.Peirce and explained by M. Bonfantini in his introduction to Peirce' essays first italian translation. A couple of examples, dealing with two different music pieces, develop this idea in the perspective of a semiotically inspired music education.L'insegnamento è un'arte del design. Allestire ambienti d'apprendimento perché gli studenti siano in grado di comprendere e usare uno o più elementi caratteristici di uno specifico brano musicale equivale a orientare la focalizzazione percettiva e la produzione segnica, propria e degli alunni, verso l'uno o l'altro di quegli elementi. Lo stesso ambiente d'apprendimento, e la sequenza di attività in esso costruita, diventa un interpretante di quel brano musicale, nel senso descritto da C.S.Peirce e illustrato da M. Bonfantini nella sua introduzione alla prima traduzione italiana dei saggi semiotici dell'autore americano. Un paio di esempi, con due diversi brani musicali, articolano questa prospettiva in vista di una didattica della musica semioticamente ispirata
Shamanism and the Culture of Defeat
No full textThe fact that shamanism, as described by Mircea Eliade or Carlos Castaneda, is an “invention of tradition” is considered a commonplace today. But to understand its historical location we need to follow the entanglements of science, art and politics. This essay argues that the concept of shamanism reveals itself as a response to a defeat that affected not so much the scattered communities of Siberia or the Himalayas, but above all their later interpreters. It describes shamanism as a figure of thought in which the defeated of the WWII attempted to act as advocates of indigenous communities in order to overcome their own involvement in fascism and war. Looking at and with Ernesto de Martino and Joseph Beuys, it shows how Shamanism turned fragility into strength.The fact that shamanism, as described by Mircea Eliade or Carlos Castaneda, is an “invention of tradition” is considered a commonplace today. But to understand its historical location we need to follow the entanglements of science, art and politics. This essay argues that the concept of shamanism reveals itself as a response to a defeat that affected not so much the scattered communities of Siberia or the Himalayas, but above all their later interpreters. It describes shamanism as a figure of thought in which the defeated of the WWII attempted to act as advocates of indigenous communities in order to overcome their own involvement in fascism and war. Looking at and with Ernesto de Martino and Joseph Beuys, it shows how Shamanism turned fragility into strength
La difficile mediazione. Cicerone, le idee platoniche e Fidia, tra Antioco e Filone
No full textIn this article, I aim primarily to analyse two Ciceronian passages concerning the Platonic theory of Ideas. The first, taken from the Cato Maior, offers an example of the distinctive theoretical constellation in which the doctrine of Ideas forms an integral part of Cicero’s reworking. The second, drawn from the Orator, allows for a closer examination of another application of the same Platonic theory within Cicero’s thought: the “eidetic” interpretation of artistic creation. In this context, it will be proposed that Cicero attempts a reconciliation between Philo of Larissa’s emphasis on rhetoric and Antiochus of Ascalon’s reception of the theory of IdeasDans cet article, sont analysés deux passages cicéroniens concernant la théorie platonicienne des Idées. Le premier, tiré du Cato Maior, offre un exemple de la constellation théorique distinctive dans laquelle la doctrine des Idées fait partie intégrante de la refonte opérée par Cicéron. Le second, tiré de l’Orator, permet d’examiner de plus près une autre application de la même théorie platonicienne dans la pensée de Cicéron : l’interprétation « eidétique » de la création artistique. Dans ce contexte, il apparaît que Cicéron tente une réconciliation entre l’accent mis par Philon de Larissa sur la rhétorique et la réception de la théorie des Idées par Antiochus d’Ascalon.In questo articolo mi propongo principalmente di analizzare due passaggi ciceroniani riguardanti la teoria platonica delle Idee. Il primo, tratto dal Cato Maior, offre un esempio della peculiare costellazione teorica in cui la dottrina delle Idee costituisce parte integrante della rielaborazione di Cicerone. Il secondo, tratto dall’Orator, consente un esame più approfondito di un’altra applicazione della stessa teoria platonica nel pensiero di Cicerone: l’interpretazione “eidetica” della creazione artistica. In questo contesto, si proporrà che Cicerone tenti una riconciliazione tra l’enfasi di Filone di Larissa sulla retorica e la ricezione della teoria delle Idee da parte di Antioco di Ascalon
La filosofia de Panecio de Rodas visitada desde la teoria de las cuatro personas
No full textThis article reviews select aspects of Panaetius’ philosophy in order to revisit certain propositions that were circulating and were accepted by many Romans in and around the 2nd century BC. Orienting this study is the theory of the four personae, traditionally attributed to Panaetius. This review will first show that the different theoretical elements of the Stoic philosophical system illuminate each other because they are interconnected and interdependent; and, second, it will lend further arguments in favour of ascribing the theory of the four personae to PanaetiusEste trabajo tiene el objetivo de pasar revista a algunos aspectos de la filosofía de Panecio con el fin de revisitar aquellas propuestas que en su momento fueron escuchadas y aceptadas por muchos romanos en el siglo II a.C. La brújula para hacer esa revisión será la teoría de las cuatro personas, la cual es usualmente atribuida a Panecio por los especialistas quienes siguen principalmente una costumbre o tradición. Esta revisión tendrá dos consecuencias. Primero mostrará algo sostenido por los estoicos, a saber, que los diferentes elementos teóricos de su sistema filosófico se pueden iluminar mutuamente por estar interconectados y ser interdependientes. Y segundo, ayudará a sostener que la teoría de las cuatro personas es de autoría de Panecio.Cet article a pour objectif de passer en revue certains aspects de la philosophie de Panétios afin de revisiter les propositions qui, à leur époque, ont été écoutées et acceptées par de nombreux Romains au IIe siècle av. J.-C. Le fil conducteur de cette relecture sera la théorie des quatre personae, généralement attribuée à Panétios par les spécialistes qui suivent principalement une coutume ou une tradition. Cette révision aura deux conséquences. Premièrement, elle montrera une idée défendue par les Stoïciens, à savoir que les différents éléments théoriques de leur système philosophique peuvent s’éclairer mutuellement car ils sont interconnectés et interdépendants. Deuxièmement, elle contribuera à soutenir que la théorie des quatre personae est l’oeuvre de Panétios.Questo articolo ha lo scopo di passare in rassegna alcuni aspetti della filosofia di Panezio al fine di riesaminare quelle proposte che all’epoca furono ascoltate e accettate da molti romani nel II secolo a.C. La bussola per effettuare tale revisione sarà la teoria delle quattro persone, che è solitamente attribuita a Panezio dagli studiosi che seguono principalmente una consuetudine o tradizione. Questa revisione avrà due conseguenze. In primo luogo, mostrerà un aspetto sostenuto dagli stoici, ovvero che i diversi elementi teorici del loro sistema filosofico possono illuminarsi a vicenda perché sono interconnessi e interdipendenti. In secondo luogo, contribuirà a sostenere che la teoria delle quattro persone è opera di Panezio
Recensione di Andree Hahmann, Michael Vasquez (eds.), Cicero as Philosopher. New Perspectives on His Philosophy and Its Legacy
No full textReview of Andree Hahmann, Michael Vasquez (eds.), Cicero as Philosopher. New Perspectives on His Philosophy and Its Legacy, De Gruyter, Berlin-Boston 2025, 412 pp., ISBN 9783111591179Compte-rendu de Andree Hahmann, Michael Vasquez (eds.), Cicero as Philosopher. New Perspectives on His Philosophy and Its Legacy, De Gruyter, Berlin-Boston 2025, 412 pp., ISBN 9783111591179Recensione di Andree Hahmann, Michael Vasquez (eds.), Cicero as Philosopher. New Perspectives on His Philosophy and Its Legacy, De Gruyter, Berlin-Boston 2025, 412 pp., ISBN 978311159117
Recensione di Francesca K. A. Martelli, Souvenirs of Cicero. Shaping Memory in the Epistulae ad Familiares
No full textReview of Francesca K. A. Martelli, Souvenirs of Cicero. Shaping Memory in the Epistulae ad Familiares, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2024, 256 pp., ISBN 9780197761960Compte-rendu de Francesca K. A. Martelli, Souvenirs of Cicero. Shaping Memory in the Epistulae ad Familiares, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2024, 256 pp., ISBN 9780197761960.Recensione di Francesca K. A. Martelli, Souvenirs of Cicero. Shaping Memory in the Epistulae ad Familiares, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2024, 256 pp., ISBN 978019776196
Recensione di Anna A. Novokhatko, A Guide to Classics and Cognitive Studies. Reviewing Findings and Results
No full textReview of Anna A. Novokhatko, A Guide to Classics and Cognitive Studies. Reviewing Findings and Results, De Gruyter, Berlin-Boston 2025, 209 pp., ISBN 9783111576961Compte-rendu de Anna A. Novokhatko, A Guide to Classics and Cognitive Studies. Reviewing Findings and Results, De Gruyter, Berlin-Boston 2025, 209 pp., ISBN 9783111576961Recensione di Anna A. Novokhatko, A Guide to Classics and Cognitive Studies. Reviewing Findings and Results, De Gruyter, Berlin-Boston 2025, 209 pp., ISBN 978311157696