Topoi/graphein: mapping the middle in spatial thought
"Topoi/Graphein uses filmic case studies to ponder some of the most profound philosophical and conceptual questions concerning the human condition from a geographical perspective, focusing specifically on mapping the paradoxical limit of the in-between"--
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Lincoln
UNP - Nebraska
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Cultural Geographies + Rewriting the Earth
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
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Geography
B Geography in motion pictures B Film B Geographical perception B Business location B Earth B Geography Social aspects B Human Geography.-bisacsh / SOCIAL SCIENCE B Human geography-Philosophy B Geographical area B Electronic books B Human Geography Philosophy B Geography-Social aspects |
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| Summary: | "Topoi/Graphein uses filmic case studies to ponder some of the most profound philosophical and conceptual questions concerning the human condition from a geographical perspective, focusing specifically on mapping the paradoxical limit of the in-between"-- "In Topoi/Graphein Christian Abrahamsson maps the paradoxical limit of the in-between to revealthat to be human is to know how tolive with the difference between the known and the unknown. Using filmic case studies, including CodeInconnu, Lord of the Flies, and Apocalypse Now, and focusing on key concerns developed in the works of the philosophers Deleuze, Olsson, and Wittgenstein, Abrahamsson starts within the notion of fixed spatiality, in whichhuman thought and action are anchored in the given of identity. He then movesthrough a social world in which spatiotemporal transformations are neitherfixed nor taken for granted. Finally he edges into the pure temporality that liesbeyond the maps of fixed points and social relations. Each chapter is organized into two subjects: topoi, orexcerpts from the films, and graphein, the author's interpretation ofpresented theoriesto mirror the displacements, transpositions, juxtapositions, fluctuations, and transformations between delimited categories. A landmark work in the study of human geography, Abrahamsson's book proposes that academic and intellectual attention should focus on the spatialization between meaning and its materialization in everyday life."-- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. Encounter/Point -- 2. Wall/Stone -- 3. Code inconnu/When Above -- 4. Limits/Oedipus -- 5. Stranger/Terra Firma -- Part 2 -- 6. Desert/Line -- 7. Thing/Swerve -- 8. Lord of the Flies/Through -- 9. Division/Hermes -- 10. Fire/Terra Nullius -- Part 3 -- 11. Dream/Plane -- 12. River/Cloud -- 13. Apocalypse Now/In-Between -- 14. Darkness/Janus -- 15. Abyss/Horror Vacui -- Part 4 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations Foreword: Born Again, by Gunnar Olsson Introduction: Angle of Power Part 1. Code inconnu/Crossroads Chapter 1. Encounter/Point Chapter 2. Wall/Stone Chapter 3. Code inconnu/When Above Chapter 4. Limits/Oedipus Chapter 5. Stranger/Terra Firma Part 2. Lord of the Flies/Passages Chapter 6. Desert/Line Chapter 7. Thing/Swerve Chapter 8. Lord of the Flies/Through Chapter 9. Division/Hermes Chapter 10. Fire/Terra Nullius Part 3. Apocalypse Now/The Event Chapter 11. Dream/Plane Chapter 12. River/Cloud Chapter 13. Apocalypse Now/In-Between Chapter 14. Darkness/Janus Chapter 15. Abyss/Horror Vacui Part 4. Geographein Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (191 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4962-0608-4 |
