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An Interview with Tony David Sampson: Author of Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks
No full textTony D. Sampson is Reader in Digital Culture and Communication in the School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI) at the University of East London, where he directs the EmotionUX lab, supervising research on the cognitive, emotional, and affective aspects of user experience. In 2013, he co-founded Club Critical Theory, an organization dedicated to the application of critical theory in everyday life in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Tony is the author of Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks and The Assemblage Brain: Sense Making in Neuroculture, both from the University of Minnesota Press. He blogs at viralcontagion.wordpress.com.
The editors of this special NANO issue are delighted to have the opportunity to talk with Tony about how his work touches on issues of imitation and contagion—a loaded term unpacked within his 2012 book
Cult: A Composite Novel
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The first component of the thesis is a composite novel called Cult which falls into two parts with seven narratives in each. Part 1 tracks the protagonist, Ellen, from her first involvement with the cult through to her eventually leaving it. Although fiction, the first half of the book answers the kinds of questions the author is asked when people discover that she was once a sannyasin (a follower of the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh). While the experiences of meditation, group therapy and communal living are all faithfully rendered within the stories, the need for strong characters, narrative drive and a lightness of touch takes precedence.
Part 2 picks up Ellen’s story some twenty or so years later and explores what becomes of her in middle age. It also looks at other groups in society, such as academia, the law and the internet dating community which each have their own jargon, hierarchies, rituals and rules but are not considered to be cults.
The book examines the question raised in the Epigraph, ‘how do we be together when we feel so alone’ with a focus on relationships other than the familial and the romantic.
Collisions, Chasms and Connections: a Performative Exploration of the Composite Novel Form
The second part of the thesis is both a critical and creative response to three contemporary American books: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan; and Legend of a Suicide by David Vann. The critical element comprises a close reading of the three books; a chronological reconstruction of their overarching storylines; and a consideration of what their authors have said about writing the books. It concludes that, in the composite novel, the simultaneous presentation of multiple views and storylines operate much like a 3D image to give the impression of depth to the characters and situations rendered. The creative element of the essay is a playful and personal response to the texts
Remembering BC\u27s 1983 Solidarity Uprising — with David Spaner
No full textBio: David Spaner has worked as a feature writer, movie critic, reporter, and editor for numerous newspapers and magazines. David\u27s also been a cultural/political organizer (Yippie, manager of the punk band The Subhumans). He is the author of Dreaming in the Rain and Shoot It! Hollywood, Inc. and the Rising of Independent Film.In 2021, Spaner published a behind-the-scenes book about the Solidarity resistance movement, Solidarity: Canada\u27s Unknown Revolution of 1983 (Ronsdale 2021) documenting the event using intimate storytelling and melding cultural and rebel politics to provide insight into the conflicts that are still with us. It was the largest political protest in the province\u27s history and threatened to end in an all-out general strike. Resources: Solidarity: Canada\u27s Unknown Revolution of 1983 (Ronsdale 2021): https://ronsdalepress.com/all-books/solidarity/SHOOT IT! Hollywood Inc. and the Rising of Independent Film (Arsenal Pulp Press 2012): https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/S/Shoot-ItDreaming in the Rain: How Vancouver Became Hollywood North by Northwest (Arsenal Pulp Press 2002): https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/D/Dreaming-in-the-Rai
Discussion après la lecture de diverses lettres concernant le prince-évêque de Bâle, lors de la séance du 30 août 1791
No full textLavie Marc David, André Antoine Balthazar d', Rewbell Jean François. Discussion après la lecture de diverses lettres concernant le prince-évêque de Bâle, lors de la séance du 30 août 1791. In: Archives Parlementaires de 1787 à 1860 - Première série (1787-1799) Tome XXX - Du 28 août au 17 septembre 1791. Paris : Librairie Administrative P. Dupont, 1888. pp. 60-61
Réclamations de plusieurs députés au nom de provinces souhaitant conserver quelques maisons religieuses, lors de la séance du 13 février 1790
No full textEymar Jean-François d', Lavie Marc David, Estourmel Louis Marie, marquis d'. Réclamations de plusieurs députés au nom de provinces souhaitant conserver quelques maisons religieuses, lors de la séance du 13 février 1790. In: Archives Parlementaires de 1787 à 1860 - Première série (1787-1799) Tome XI - Du 24 décembre 1789 au 1er mars 1790. Paris : Librairie Administrative P. Dupont, 1880. p. 591
The agential fork : the hidden consequences of agency for plenitude in David Lewis' thesis of genuine modal realism
No full textIn this dissertation, I argue that David Lewis' abductive argument for Genuine Modal Realism (GMR) has the unwelcome, and hidden, implication of being unable to
accommodate agent causation theories of free will. This is because of his formulation of plenitude, which basically says that every way that a world or a part of a world could be is the way that some world, or part of some world is. This formulation tacitly assumes
that chance and nomological principles are sufficient to account for everything that happens at worlds. However, agent causation theories argue that free will is neither reducible to chance nor determined by physics. My argument recasts a fork argument made by Andrew Beedle. I proceed by arguing that chance-based principles evince an ontologically distinct kind of modality than agent causation principles. However,
plenitude only accounts for the physics/chance-based kind of modality. There is no similar principle of plenitude that can be given for agential modality that does not
collapse into the chance-based principle. But even if such a principle could be found, it would violate the doctrine in GMR that claims worlds are causally isolated. If no agential plenitude principle can be found and there is agential modality, then plenitude fails. If there is no agency at our world, and Lewis’ original formulation of plenitude is correct, then GMR implies no agency at any
world. This is the fork: If there is agency and GMR holds, then either plenitude fails, or isolation fails. But if there is no agency, and GMR holds, then there is no agency at any possible world. The latter prong is too strong a claim for an abductive argument like GMR. The
former proves that GMR cannot accommodate agent-causation theories. GMR loses its neutrality either way, to its detriment
Interview with David Anderson
No full textDavid D. Anderson was a Michigan State University faculty member from 1956 until his retirement in 1994. Anderson was born in Lorain, Ohio. He received a B.S. (1951) and a M.A. (1952) from Bowling Green State University. His Ph. D. in American Literature (1960) was earned at Michigan State University. After teaching in the United States Army, he taught at the General Motors Institute (Kettering Institute), and then joined the MSU English Department faculty in 1956. A year later he transferred to MSU's newly formed Department of American Thought and Language (ATL). Anderson also served as the Assistant Dean for Lifelong and Continuing Education in the University College. He retired from the ATL Department in 1994 with the rank of distinguished professor emeritus. In 1963-1964, he was a Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Karachi, Pakistan. Throughout his career he traveled and lectured in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Anderson's primary scholarship was about Ohio and Midwestern literature. He was a recognized authority on the author Sherwood Anderson (no relation). Anderson was a founder of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature and was an active member of the Modern American Literature of the Modern Language Association. He published 37 books and countless articles and other creative works. David D. Anderson died December 3, 2011. Topics/People Covered in Interview include: Emerson Shuck, Russ Nye, Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature, Modern American Literature Mid_amaerica Award, Mark Twain Award, Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Bagwell, Bert Engel, campus size, hiring, University College, Clarence WInder, Justin Morrill College, James Madison College, Lyman Briggs College, John Hannah, Edgar Harden, Clifton Wharton, Humanities Coordinating Committee, John DibBiaggio, Dolores Wharton, M. Peter McPherson, M. Cecil Mackey, Distinguished Faculty Award, military service, campus protests, GI Bill, Declaration of Independence, Fulbright Schola
Interview with David Anderson
No full textDavid D. Anderson was a Michigan State University faculty member from 1956 until his retirement in 1994. Anderson was born in Lorain, Ohio. He received a B.S. (1951) and a M.A. (1952) from Bowling Green State University. His Ph. D. in American Literature (1960) was earned at Michigan State University. After teaching in the United States Army, he taught at the General Motors Institute (Kettering Institute), and then joined the MSU English Department faculty in 1956. A year later he transferred to MSU's newly formed Department of American Thought and Language (ATL). Anderson also served as the Assistant Dean for Lifelong and Continuing Education in the University College. He retired from the ATL Department in 1994 with the rank of distinguished professor emeritus. In 1963-1964, he was a Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Karachi, Pakistan. Throughout his career he traveled and lectured in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Anderson's primary scholarship was about Ohio and Midwestern literature. He was a recognized authority on the author Sherwood Anderson (no relation). Anderson was a founder of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature and was an active member of the Modern American Literature of the Modern Language Association. He published 37 books and countless articles and other creative works. David D. Anderson died December 3, 2011. Topics/People Covered in Interview include: Emerson Shuck, Russ Nye, Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature, Modern American Literature Mid_amaerica Award, Mark Twain Award, Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Bagwell, Bert Engel, campus size, hiring, University College, Clarence WInder, Justin Morrill College, James Madison College, Lyman Briggs College, John Hannah, Edgar Harden, Clifton Wharton, Humanities Coordinating Committee, John DibBiaggio, Dolores Wharton, M. Peter McPherson, M. Cecil Mackey, Distinguished Faculty Award, military service, campus protests, GI Bill, Declaration of Independence, Fulbright Schola
Interview with David Anderson
No full textDavid D. Anderson was a Michigan State University faculty member from 1956 until his retirement in 1994. Anderson was born in Lorain, Ohio. He received a B.S. (1951) and a M.A. (1952) from Bowling Green State University. His Ph. D. in American Literature (1960) was earned at Michigan State University. After teaching in the United States Army, he taught at the General Motors Institute (Kettering Institute), and then joined the MSU English Department faculty in 1956. A year later he transferred to MSU's newly formed Department of American Thought and Language (ATL). Anderson also served as the Assistant Dean for Lifelong and Continuing Education in the University College. He retired from the ATL Department in 1994 with the rank of distinguished professor emeritus. In 1963-1964, he was a Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Karachi, Pakistan. Throughout his career he traveled and lectured in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Anderson's primary scholarship was about Ohio and Midwestern literature. He was a recognized authority on the author Sherwood Anderson (no relation). Anderson was a founder of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature and was an active member of the Modern American Literature of the Modern Language Association. He published 37 books and countless articles and other creative works. David D. Anderson died December 3, 2011. Topics/People Covered in Interview include: Emerson Shuck, Russ Nye, Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature, Modern American Literature Mid_amaerica Award, Mark Twain Award, Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Bagwell, Bert Engel, campus size, hiring, University College, Clarence WInder, Justin Morrill College, James Madison College, Lyman Briggs College, John Hannah, Edgar Harden, Clifton Wharton, Humanities Coordinating Committee, John DibBiaggio, Dolores Wharton, M. Peter McPherson, M. Cecil Mackey, Distinguished Faculty Award, military service, campus protests, GI Bill, Declaration of Independence, Fulbright Schola
Hayden White, l'ironie de la Métahistoire / En avant l'après-histoire !
Get PDFDavid Schreiber Marc Aymes Voici le premier texte de Hayden White traduit en français. Il s’agit de l’introduction de son ouvrage le plus célèbre, Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in nineteenth-century Europe, introduction qui constitue à elle seule une sorte de petit livre dans le grand. Depuis longtemps, Labyrinthe espérait contribuer à combler cette importante lacune : il faut remercier Hayden White de nous y avoir autorisé ainsi que Laurent Ferri d’avoir traduit ce texte dense et d..
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