Diogenes articles from March 2002

Diogenes archives from March 2002

The view held by the other, the view taken of the other.(Europe and Brazil)
March 22, 2002... I hope I will not be accused of mental colonialism by attributing to Europe the role which belongs to it historically: that of the Self, which leaves the position of the Other for us. Consequently, this text ought to begin with the view taken...

New expeditions: itineraries, migrations, excursions.
March 22, 2002... Imperialism and its aftermath set off an extraordinary wave of travel, exploration, and migrations around the globe, in which writers, or potential writers, were inevitably caught up. One consequence was that many novels of the last one hundred...

Between words and things, tomatoes and textiles.(impact of Americas on Europe)
March 22, 2002... Throughout the world, in preparations for the fifth centenary of the discovery of (or lucky find of, or cultural encounter with) the continent of America and the many events planned to mark the date, the European view prevailed. Of course this...

The Greek view as political experience.
March 22, 2002... For here there is no place that cannot see you. You must change your life. Rainer Maria Rilke, Archaic Torso of Apollo. The Greek view as tactile experience Whether it is a question of apprehension, grasp, or simple contact, the...

Photography from West to East: cliched image exchange and problems of identity.(Japan)
March 22, 2002... What are the preferred subjects of mass photography? We will not go far wrong if we hazard this reply: the Self and the Other The popular practice of photography does not much go in for nuance: it has taken as its watchword the distinction...

Humanity, inhumanity, and closeness in the look.(Africa)
March 22, 2002... The newborn opens its eyes when it comes into the world. We close the eyes of the dead because they are no longer part of the world of the living. It is through looking that we enter the world, that we take possession of it, and that we leave...

The third party: power, disappearances, performances.(Chile)
March 22, 2002... In spite of the comedy all this is true, mistress; for they are pretending to pretend. Marivaux, Les acteurs de bonne roi (The actors of good faith). The scene takes place in O'Higgins Park, in Santiago, Chile, on 1 October 1995. Some...

The art of the spectator: seeing sounds and hearing visions.(social spectators)
March 22, 2002... Free time and empty time Even before Erving Goffman, in his studies of interaction, develops and makes the most of the metaphor of a daily life entirely composed of representation, or even stage acting, (1) sociology had already stolen...

Ways of looking at prehistoric rock art. (Comment).
March 22, 2002... Introduction Rock art -- paintings, and pecked or engraved images on rocks, whether in caves, shelters, or in the open-air -- exists in all but a couple of countries of the world [Bahn, 1998]. It spans a period from at least 35,000 years...