Paul Virilio Paul Virilio (born 1932) is a French cultural theorist and urbanist. He is best known for his writings about technology as it has developed in relation to speed and power, with diverse references to architecture, the arts, the city and the military. Biography[edit] Since 1998, Virilio is only teaching intensive seminars at European Graduate School.[1] His latest projects involve working with homeless groups in Paris and building the first Museum of the Accident. Theoretical arguments[edit] The war model[edit] Virilio's predictions about 'logistics of perception' - the use of images and information in war - (in War and Cinema, 1984) were so accurate that during the Gulf War he was invited to discuss his ideas with French military officers. The integral accident[edit] Virilio believes that technology cannot exist without the potential for accidents. Dromology[edit] ‘Dromos’ is the Greek noun for road, but Virilio takes it to mean the activity of race (Virilio 1977:47). War of movement[edit]
Slavoj Zizek Slavoj Žižek, Ph.D., is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a visiting professor at a number of American Universities (Columbia, Princeton, New School for Social Research, New York University, University of Michigan). Slavoj Žižek recieved his Ph.D. in Philosophy in Ljubljana studying Psychoanalysis. He also studied at the University of Paris. Slavoj Žižek is a cultural critic and philosopher who is internationally known for his innovative interpretations of Jacques Lacan. Slavoj Žižek has been called the ‘Elvis Presley’ of philosophy as well as an 'academic rock star'. Slavoj Žižek was born into a family of average wealth, his father Jože Žižek grew up in eastern Slovenia and worked in economics. The Marxist Slovenian philosopher Božidar Debenjak was an early influence on Slavoj Žižek. Slavoj Žižek was hired at the University of Ljubljana in 1971 where he worked as an assistant researcher.
Everyone's a critic now Late last year there was a confluence of critical opinion in America the likes of which the nation hadn't seen in years. Every single film critic in the traditional media – 350 "best" lists, the ads boast – seemed to anoint The Social Network, director David Fincher's semi-fictionalised account of the founding of Facebook, as the movie of the year, maybe even of the decade. Every single literary critic in the traditional media seemed to agree that Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, his saga of a dysfunctional American family, was the novel of the epoch. And just to make it three for three, just about every television critic in the traditional media seemed to genuflect before Martin Scorsese's Boardwalk Empire, an HBO series that depicts the depredations of a mob kingpin in Atlantic City during Prohibition. This is an extraordinary bounty of greatness in such a short time, though what is really extraordinary is the extent to which critics seemed almost to collude in issuing their superlatives.
Biografia de Alexis de Tocqueville (Charles-Alexis Clérel de Tocqueville; Verneuil, Île-de-France, 1805 - Cannes, 1859) Pensador y político liberal francés. Procedente de una familia noble, Tocqueville fue uno de los observadores más lúcidos del cambio producido en su época por la revolución liberal. Estudió derecho y obtuvo una plaza de magistrado en Versalles en 1827. Alexis de Tocqueville La estancia en aquel país le sirvió para profundizar en el análisis del sistema político y social norteamericano, que retrató en su obra La democracia en América (1835-40). Tocqueville abandonó la magistratura para dedicarse a la producción intelectual y a la actividad política: en 1839 fue elegido diputado y en 1841 miembro de la Academia francesa. Concentrado sobre su labor intelectual, fue entonces cuando escribió su obra cumbre -e inacabada- El Antiguo Régimen y la Revolución (1856).
Michael Hardt Early life and education[edit] During college, he worked for various solar energy companies.[2] Hardt also participated, after college, in the Sanctuary Movement[2] and later helped establish a project to bring donated computers from the United States and put them together for the University of El Salvador. Yet, he says that this political activity did more for him than it did for the Salvadorans.[2] In 1983, he moved to Seattle to study comparative literature at the University of Washington.[2] While there, he received an M.A. in 1986 and his PhD in 1990.[5] From there he went to Paris where he would meet Negri. Hardt speaks fluent French, Spanish and Italian and is Professor of Literature and Italian at Duke University and a Professor of Philosophy and Politics at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee.[3] Thought[edit] Hardt is concerned with the joy of political life, and has stated, "One has to expand the concept of love beyond the limits of the couple Publications[edit] Books Articles
La sociedad del aprendizaje / Cisco Hacia una sociedad del aprendizaje / John Chambers Presidente y CEO de Cisco Systems, Inc. Desde hace mucho tiempo, tengo la convicción de que la educación y la tecnología son los dos pilares de la igualdad en la vida. Esta nueva etapa de Internet —con la Web 2.0 y la colaboración— ofrece una visión de lo que se puede hacer. Esa convicción se intensifica en momentos en que la visión comienza a tomar forma al hacer posible la colaboración, eliminar las barreras en todo el mundo y permitir el acceso a la información en cualquier momento y lugar. La educación y la tecnología van de la mano y la red es la plataforma de lo que denominamos la sociedad del aprendizaje, concepto que desarrollamos en las siguientes páginas. El aprendizaje es esencial para el futuro del mundo. Es cierto que optimizar la eficacia de los sistemas educativos tradicionales para maximizar el valor que podemos obtener de ellos es un elemento crucial de cualquier estrategia para avanzar. Acceder 1ro de diciembre de 2011
Top 10 of 2009: Entertainers Who Moonlight as Artists Singer and sometime-painter Beyoncé, with husband Jay-Z, at Art Basel Miami. Courtesy BeyonceWorld.net In the spirit of my Los Angeles beat, I present to you the most exciting art world interlopers to come out of Hollywood in 2009: 10. Sylvester Stallone poses with one of his paintings at Miami Basel, Dec. 2, 2009. 9. Jane Seymour at her easel, 2009. 8. 7. 6. Lady Gaga photographing the London Papparazi April 17,2009. 5. 4. 3. M.I.A. with Li'l Wayne at the 2009 Grammy Awards. 2. Pharrell Williams feat. 1. General Hospital's Franco (James Franco) and Maxie (Kirsten Storms), 2009.
INTRODUCCIÓN A JOHN STUART MILL (1806-1873) John Stuart Mill es un ejemplo claro de eso que desde Lytton Strachey se llaman “victorianos eminentes”, es decir, de ese tipo de gentes que en el siglo 19 combinaron un individualismo acendrado con la no menos profunda convicción de que el hecho de formar parte de una elite cultural no sólo no les otorgaba derechos sino que era fuente de obligaciones y de cargas sociales. Nació en Londres el 20 de mayo de 1806 y era el mayor en una familia de nueve hermanos. Su padre, James Mill, puede ser considerado un precursor del utilitarismo. De origen escocés fue economista, filósofo y discípulo de Bentham y Ricardo trabajaba en la Compañía de las Indias Orientales, cuya historia escribió. Como su amigo Bentham, y siguiendo al ilustrado Helvetius, estaba persuadido de que la educación lo puede todo en la formación del carácter y se propuso demostrarlo con su hijo, al que convirtió en una especie de “máquina de razonar”, imponiéndole una disciplina atroz.
Kwame Anthony Appiah Libros Gratis Is the age of the critic over? | Culture | The Observer Miranda Sawyer, broadcaster and Observer radio critic: 'Twitter has made it easier for critics to hear other people's opinions. Even then, though, you tend to hear similar views to your own' When I was writing for the Face, during the 1990s, I went to interview some boy racers: young lads who spent all their money souping up their cars in order to screech around mini roundabouts or rev their engines in supermarket car parks until their tyres smoked. The kids asked me who I was writing for. The point is that most people – especially those outside the high-culture capital of London – are involved in culture of their own choice, often of their own making. And mostly, those choices are ignored by the mainstream media. The reason why professional critics agree a lot is that they tend to be of a type. The big difference Facebook and, especially, Twitter has made is that it is easier for critics to hear other people's opinions. Criticism isn't about units sold, it's about the conversation.
EL ALEPH Desde su más temprana edad en India, Osho fue un espíritu rebelde e independiente, retando todas las tradiciones religiosas, sociales y políticas, e insistiendo en experimentar la verdad por sí mismo, en vez de acumular conocimientos y creencias dadas por otros. A la edad de veintiún años, el 21 de marzo de 1953, Osho alcanzó la iluminación. Hablando de sí mismo dice: "Ya no estoy buscando nada. La existencia me ha abierto todas sus puertas. Se graduó en filosofía con los más altos honores en la Universidad de Sagar. En el curso de su vida Osho ha hablado virtualmente sobre todo y cada aspecto del desarrollo de la consciencia humana. No pertenece a ninguna tradición: "Soy el comienzo de una consciencia totalmente nueva", ha dicho. Los discursos a sus discípulos y buscadores de todo el mundo han sido publicados en más de seiscientos cincuenta volúmenes, y traducidos a treinta idiomas. Osho dejó su cuerpo el 19 de enero de 1990. "Continuaré siendo una fuente de inspiración para mi gente.
What’s Wrong with the Culture of Critique Photo: Brock Davis You don’t have to read this essay to know whether you’ll like it. Just go online and assess how provocative it is by the number of comments at the bottom of the web version. (If you’re already reading the web version, done and done.) A funny thing has quietly accompanied our era’s eye-gouging proliferation of information, and by funny I mean not very funny. Technoculture critic and former Wired contributor Erik Davis is concerned about the proliferation of reviews, too. Of course, Yelpification of the universe is so thorough as to be invisible. Our ever more sophisticated arsenal of stars and thumbs will eventually serve to curtail serendipity, adventure, and idiotic floundering. There’s an essential freedom in being alone with one’s thoughts, oblivious to and unpolluted by anyone else’s. Life demands assessment. Chris Colin (chris@chriscolin.com) is the author of What Really Happened to the Class of ’93 and a frequent New York Times contributor.
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