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Shifting Sands: Wells and Freud

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I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are. Wednesday, September 12, 2012. While reading Wells' story The island of Dr. Moreau. In his structural model, Freud identified Id as the uncoordinated instinct and Super-ego as the critical and moralizing aspect of the psyche. The third element, Ego, tries to find a balance between the two. Wells' story depicts the conflict of Super-ego ...This ...

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Shifting Sands: The old monsters

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I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are. Wednesday, August 29, 2012. As part of the SF and fantasy course I mentioned in my last post. Reading Frankenstein was even more difficult, but there was a singular anxiety that is reflected in that writing - the anxiety of being alone. Perhaps it stemmed from the isolated environment Mary Shelly was when she first wrote the story. My s...Alien...

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Shifting Sands: Herland

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I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are. Monday, September 24, 2012. Her ideas in Herland depict that women achieve much if they can live outside the boundaries defined for them in a masochist world. She also advocates that motherhood is not a right but a great responsibility and only the worthy should be allowed to bring up a child. It is a developed thinking, but in aiming f...Like ...

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Shifting Sands: The original question

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I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are. Monday, January 26, 2015. Which brings me back to the idea that the entire universe, and thus our complicated world with its complicated lives, are essentially all part of a big whole. We all got scattered in an explosion, and are now wandering to find our way back to the whole. But are we really looking to get back to the whole? I suppose not&...

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Shifting Sands: June 2013

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I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are. Monday, June 24, 2013. Does a misunderstanding or misconception ever correct itself? In stories, misconceptions often place themselves at the center, sometimes spinning the entire tale around. Mostly, in the end, people speak up, and miraculously the fog lifts. Monday, June 10, 2013. And so they are ever returning to us, the dead. Sebald's char...

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Shifting Sands: Jagten (The Hunt)

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I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are. Monday, June 24, 2013. Does a misunderstanding or misconception ever correct itself? In stories, misconceptions often place themselves at the center, sometimes spinning the entire tale around. Mostly, in the end, people speak up, and miraculously the fog lifts. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Like most people who are fond of reading, I too ...

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Shifting Sands: This way for the gas, Ladies and Gentlemen

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I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are. Friday, July 12, 2013. This way for the gas, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am sometimes embarassed of my interest in holocaust literature. There is something morbid about wanting to read the tales of death chambers, of cattle cars, of people being pulled out of their homes in middle of the night. The tone of this story, and most of the others that fo...

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sunstruck: Indian consumers voice concerns over GM food

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A worldview with a view of the world. Indian consumers voice concerns over GM food. What with cricket, scams and forthcoming state elections ruling the headlines, the debate over introducing genetically-modified (GM) food/crops in India is almost forgotten. Is that a good thing? Depends on which side you’re on. BRAI is expected to act as the sole agency responsible for the regulatory system, including research, transport, import, manufacture and the use of GM crops in India.]. The meeting was organised b...

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sunstruck: What's new

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A worldview with a view of the world. I hear people declare these days, “consumers trust products and brand recommendations from people they know” (or words to this effect), as if it’s some kind of revelation. But, hasn’t this always been the case? Haven’t people always consulted their family, friends, neighbours and colleagues for advice and recommendations on products and services they intended to buy and use? What’s new about that? I'm reading: What's new. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).