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Archive for the ‘history’ Category
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Social Media Mimesis
The following is a post from my personal blog published on June 14, 2011. I thought I’d share it with some additional thoughts on the effect social media has on our behavior and what Google+ is adding to the equation.… Read the rest
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Art
The title of this essay is an attempt to assess an account of art, which has taken on varying forms from ancient times to the present. Art, being the most general and basic of terms, is used here to try … Read the rest
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Aristotelian Mimesis
Before we move on to modern conceptions of mimesis, I wanted to give Plato more credit for his works with some thoughtful commentary. I will also speak on how I found Aristotle’s deconstruction of the mimetic experience to be … Read the rest
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Mimetic Interpretation
In Book V of , Nietzsche suggests that consciousness developed as a means to adapt to an environment where, the ability to communicate and express our neediness gave us a strategic advantage to survive. He believed consciousness to be the … Read the rest
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Platonic Mimesis
I found Plato’s attack on mimesis to be an ad hoc attempt to discredit Aristophanes’ depiction of Socrates in . My evidence is weak, actually I don’t have much, other than “Clouds” preceding “The Republic” based on evidence in “The … Read the rest