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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Sep 7, 2007 21:17
Reviewed by Eleanor Salotto
Sweet Briar College
Jonathan Dollimore takes as his subject Western culture's obsession
with death, desire, and loss and traces its cultural history from the
Greeks to the postmoderns in his study Death, Desire and Loss in
Western Culture. Dollimore's modus operandi may be compared to that of
the nineteenth-century flâneur moving easily from one point to
another. He moves with grace from the Greeks to the postmodernists,
tackling philosophers and literary writers. The scope and execution of
the project evoke admiration.
Dollimore argues that Western culture from its very inception has been
preoccupied with death and despair in all its varieties. As he
observes, "The experience of change and loss exerts an incalculable...
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Author: robert childressrobert childress Date: Sep 7, 2007 21:32
"turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote in message
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Reviewed by Eleanor Salotto
Sweet Briar College
Jonathan Dollimore takes as his subject Western culture's obsession
with death, desire, and loss and traces its cultural history from the
Greeks to the postmoderns in his study Death, Desire and Loss in
Western Culture. Dollimore's modus operandi may be compared to that of
the nineteenth-century fl
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Sep 7, 2007 22:13
> I find the West utterly obsessed with the use of the lungs myself!
> Constantly breathing, in and out, in and out! Can't it just stop breathing?
> No other culture on this Earth cares as much about breathing as the West!!!
> Everywhere you look in the West, there is constant breathing! No one else
> in this world breathes that much! Why should we be so obsessed with it?
> Have you ever noticed how many times screen actors in the West inhale and
> exhale? Phenomenal isn't it???? I will spend the next ten years
> exhaustively tabulating the number of times I see inhaling and exhaling on
> TV! This I hope to demonstrate the utter reliance upon breathing which the
> West has placed upon its culturalificatory influences! I'd curse if I
> didn't know my Mom would clean my mouth with Soap...
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Sep 7, 2007 22:16
On Sep 8, 1:13 am, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:>> I find the West utterly obsessed with the use of the lungs myself!
>> Constantly breathing, in and out, in and out! Can't it just stop breathing?
>> No other culture on this Earth cares as much about breathing as the West!!!
>> Everywhere you look in the West, there is constant breathing! No one else
>> in this world breathes that much! Why should we be so obsessed with it?
>> Have you ever noticed how many times screen actors in the West inhale and
>> exhale? Phenomenal isn't it???? I will spend the next ten years
>> exhaustively tabulating the number of times I see inhaling and exhaling on
>> TV! This I hope to demonstrate the utter reliance upon breathing which the
>> West has placed upon its culturalificatory influences! I'd curse if I
>> didn't know my Mom would clean my mouth with Soap! And don't get me started
>> on soap either!!!!
>
> T98.4 B/P140/88 P82 R18 SPo2 97%% on room air. Patient is alert/
> oriented to self, place and time with periods of forgetfulness.
> Patient is able to make needs known. Short/long term memory intact.
> Resps even/unlabored. Lung sounds clear. BS(+) x 4 quads. Abdomin soft/
> nondistended. Skin dry/intact. Patient is cont of B&B. 0 s/s of
> distress. 0 c/o distress. Call bell placed within easy reach. Staff ...
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Author: robert childressrobert childress Date: Sep 7, 2007 22:23
> On Sep 8, 1:13 am, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:>>> I find the West utterly obsessed with the use of the lungs myself!
>>> Constantly breathing, in and out, in and out! Can't it just stop
>>> breathing?
>>> No other culture on this Earth cares as much about breathing as the
>>> West!!!
>>> Everywhere you look in the West, there is constant breathing! No one
>>> else
>>> in this world breathes that much! Why should we be so obsessed with
>>> it?
>>> Have you ever noticed how many times screen actors in the West inhale
>>> and
>>> exhale? Phenomenal isn't it???? I will spend the next ten years
>>> exhaustively tabulating the number of times I see inhaling and exhaling
>>> on
>>> TV! This I hope to demonstrate the utter reliance upon breathing which
>>> the
>>> West has placed upon its culturalificatory influences! I'd curse if I ...
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Author: Don StockbauerDon Stockbauer Date: Sep 7, 2007 22:33
On Sep 8, 12:23 am, "robert childress" earthlink.net>
wrote:>> On Sep 8, 1:13 am, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:>>>> I find the West utterly obsessed with the use of the lungs myself!
>>>> Constantly breathing, in and out, in and out! Can't it just stop
>>>> breathing?
>>>> No other culture on this Earth cares as much about breathing as the
>>>> West!!!
>>>> Everywhere you look in the West, there is constant breathing! No one
>>>> else
>>>> in this world breathes that much! Why should we be so obsessed with
>>>> it?
>>>> Have you ever noticed how many times screen actors in the West inhale
>>>> and ...
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Author: robert childressrobert childress Date: Sep 7, 2007 22:40
> On Sep 8, 12:23 am, "robert childress" earthlink.net>
> wrote:>>> On Sep 8, 1:13 am, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:>>>>> I find the West utterly obsessed with the use of the lungs myself!
>>>>> Constantly breathing, in and out, in and out! Can't it just stop
>>>>> breathing?
>>>>> No other culture on this Earth cares as much about breathing as the
>>>>> West!!!
>>>>> Everywhere you look in the West, there is constant breathing! No
>>>>> one
>>>>> else
>>>>> in this world breathes that much! Why should we be so obsessed with ...
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Author: THE BORGTHE BORG Date: Sep 7, 2007 22:56
"robert childress" earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:13e4degeba7bia1@corp.supernews.com...>> "Ah don't know much about art, but I do know what I like to drive a
>> tank over and send the artists scurrying"
>>
>
> Wow. Whomever is driving that tank better be more careful next time. You
> could substantially kill a person with one of those. He must be a
> Westerner obsessed with death.
Talking of tanks - here is an amusing story for you.
In the Second World War - the Russians trained dogs to carry explosives and
then run and lie down under a tank until the explosive went off - thus
destroying the tank and of course also the dog.
They had all these dogs ready when they met an armada of enemy tanks and
then unleashed them - but as the dogs were used to the sight of the Russian
tanks that they had been practicing on - then instead of running towards the
enemy tanks to destroy them they run towards all the Russian tanks and blew
them up!!!
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Author: robert childressrobert childress Date: Sep 7, 2007 23:02
>
> "robert childress" earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:13e4degeba7bia1@corp.supernews.com...>>> "Ah don't know much about art, but I do know what I like to drive a
>>> tank over and send the artists scurrying"
>>>
>>
>> Wow. Whomever is driving that tank better be more careful next time.
>> You could substantially kill a person with one of those. He must be a
>> Westerner obsessed with death.
>
> Talking of tanks - here is an amusing story for you.
> In the Second World War - the Russians trained dogs to carry explosives
> and then run and lie down under a tank until the explosive went off - thus
> destroying the tank and of course also the dog.
> They had all these dogs ready when they met an armada of enemy tanks and
> then unleashed them - but as the dogs were used to the sight of the
> Russian tanks that they had been practicing on - then instead of running ...
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Author: THE BORGTHE BORG Date: Sep 7, 2007 23:04
"robert childress" earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:13e4en08kh9a0be@corp.supernews.com...>>
>> "robert childress" earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:13e4degeba7bia1@corp.supernews.com...>>>> "Ah don't know much about art, but I do know what I like to drive a
>>>> tank over and send the artists scurrying"
>>>>
>>>
>>> Wow. Whomever is driving that tank better be more careful next time.
>>> You could substantially kill a person with one of those. He must be a
>>> Westerner obsessed with death.
>>
>> Talking of tanks - here is an amusing story for you.
>> In the Second World War - the Russians trained dogs to carry explosives
>> and then run and lie down under a tank until the explosive went off -
>> thus destroying the tank and of course also the dog. ...
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