On Insignificance
On Insignificance

Author: Massimo Leone

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-10-28

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0429866216

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Focusing on the anthropological consequences of the disappearing of materiality and sensory embodiment, On Insignificance highlights some of the most perturbing patterns of insignificance that have seeped into our everyday lives. Seeking to explain the semiotic causes of feelings of meaninglessness, Leone posits that caring for the singularities of the world is the most viable way to resist the alienating effects of the digital bureaucratization of meaning. The book will be of interest to scholars of anthropology, cultural studies, semiotics, aesthetics, communication studies, and social theory.

Postscript on Insignificance
Postscript on Insignificance

Author: Cornelius Castoriadis

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-02-24

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1441111107

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Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997) was a philosopher, social critic, political activist, practicing psychoanalyst and professional economist. His work is widely recognized as one of the most singular and important contributions to twentieth-century thought. In this collection of interviews, Castoriadis discusses some of his most important ideas with leading figures in the disciplines that play such a crucial part in his philosophical work: poetry, psychoanalysis, biology and mathematics. Available in English for the first time, these interviews provide a concise and accessible introduction to his work as a whole, allowing him to draw on the astounding breadth of his knowledge (ranging from political theory and sociology to ontology and the philosophy of science). They also render Castoriadis' cutting, polemical and entertaining style while displaying the originality and clarity of his primary concepts. Intellectually provoking, this timely collection shows how Castoriadis' polemics are sharp and riveting, his conceptual manoeuvres rigorous and original, and his passion inspiring. This is an excellent introduction to one of Europe's most important intellectuals.

The Fear of Insignificance
The Fear of Insignificance

Author: C. Strenger

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-02-14

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 023011766X

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This book shows how, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Gospel of the free market became the only world-religion of universal validity. The belief that all value needs to be quantifiable was extended to human beings, whose value became dependent on their rating on the various ranking-scales in the global infotainment system.

Insignificance
Insignificance

Author: James Clammer

Publisher: Galley Beggar Press

Published: 2021-05-19

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1913111172

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JOSEPH is trying to focus on a plumbing job, but is too distracted by the terrible things that have been happening in his family. JOSEPH believes that his son has tried to murder his wife. JOSEPH is afraid that his wife is going to leave him. JOSEPH is terrified that his son will try to kill again. Insignificance – the debut novel for adults from Carnegie Medal-nominee James Clammer – unfurls over the course of twenty-four hours, placing the reader right inside the head of its struggling narrator. A tender act of empathy for the uncertainty and awkwardness of a vulnerable man, Insignificance is also a masterclass in burning tension – as we start to fear not just for the safety of Joseph's family, but that Joseph himself may not even make it through the day....

Atmospheric Disturbances
Atmospheric Disturbances

Author: Rivka Galchen

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2008-05-27

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780374200114

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At once a moving love story, a dark comedy, a psychological thriller, and a deeply disturbing portrait of a fracturing mind, this highly inventive debut explores the mysterious nature of human relationships.

The Inessential Indexical
The Inessential Indexical

Author: Herman Cappelen

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-11

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0199686742

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In this book the authors argue that there are no such things as essential indexicality, irreducibly de se attitudes, or self-locating attitudes.

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

Author: Dusti Bowling

Publisher: Union Square & Co.

Published: 2017-09-05

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1454923466

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“Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even after the last page has turned.” —School Library Journal (Starred review) Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is she was born without them. And when her parents take a job running Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park in Arizona, Aven moves with them across the country knowing that she’ll have to answer the question over and over again. Her new life takes an unexpected turn when she bonds with Connor, a classmate who also feels isolated because of his own disability, and they discover a room at Stagecoach Pass that holds bigger secrets than Aven ever could have imagined. It’s hard to solve a mystery, help a friend, and face your worst fears. But Aven’s about to discover she can do it all . . . even without arms. Autumn 2017 Kids’ Indie Next Pick Junior Library Guild Selection Library of Congress's 52 Great Reads List 2018

Insignificance: Hong Kong Stories
Insignificance: Hong Kong Stories

Author: Xu XI

Publisher: Typhoon Media Limited

Published: 2018-06-12

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9789887794868

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Sometimes what is remembered is best forgotten. This is the feeling that permeates Insignificance. The protagonists in these stories cannot help but recall their former Hong Kong existence, one that shimmers with beauty and pain. On September 26, 2014, the occupation of three districts in Hong Kong -- known as the Umbrella Revolution -- began, shutting down traffic on several of the city's major thoroughfares. It was broadly a protest against the continued encroachment upon freedoms in this Chinese city, a city that is still not yet quite "China." The occupation lasted till December 15, 2014, and was quashed almost as quickly as it began. Subsequent protests are routinely silenced by Hong Kong's and China's governing elites. Will Hong Kong be reduced to an insignificance that denies its British colonial genesis and decries its Chinese Special Administrative Regional reality? Does Hong Kong's future look like its past, or is nostalgia a dangerous indulgence? Who will shed tears for the city it could or should become? These stories are among Xu Xi's most pointed, powerful work, as characters try to find their way forward in a familiar city they no longer recognize.

Insignificance
Insignificance

Author: Terry Johnson

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2017-03-16

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 0822235749

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Imagine if Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein met in a hotel room. Just briefly. Just for one night. What would they talk about? And what if they were interrupted by the “two Joes”—McCarthy and DiMaggio? INSIGNIFICANCE is the intriguing, hilarious, and heartbreaking story of the Senator, the Ballplayer, the Professor, and the Actress. Four icons of American history meeting in one night, in one hotel room, in New York City.

Veeps
Veeps

Author: Bill Kelter

Publisher: Top Shelf Productions

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1603090037

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'Veeps' tells the sordid, head-scratching, perversely-entertaining stories of the men the US has chosen over the years to become Vice President including the rogues, cowards, drunks, featherweights, doddering geriatrics, bigots, and atrocious spellers.