Archive for the ‘ war ’ Category
“In the history of network television, no remake of a previous hit series has ever become a hit itself on network television.” Bill Carter in the New York Times, December 27, 2009 We could learn a lot about the culture of the moment by asking why what attracts viewers to the movies repels them in [ READ MORE ]
The critical dogma that says, “the shoah is unrepresentable,” immortalized in the word “holocaust”–everything burns up–produces a kind of cheap mysticism that doesn’t understand its theological origins. One intention behind this dogma is to produce an untouchable event that corresponds to the mantra “never forget.” Behind this there are several hazy moral impulses. What gets [ READ MORE ]
Social and political differences that have installed themselves between the 1970s and today can be ascribed to a transformation in children’s activity. Let us say that toys have been exchanged for games. With this change-over in the object of desire, a shift in the meaning of play has occurred, which, as a consequence, has re-determined [ READ MORE ]
