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- 961: Shiga Naoya - At Kinosaki
- ... which describes writers attempting to take scientific methods of observation and turn it into literature. Shiga Naoya is reported to have said that he never attempted to draw a line between story novels and non-fiction essays. He described his main function as a writer was to select, set and arrange materials into a story. If we look at the first sentence of the novel "I had been hit by a ...
- 962: Sadomasochism
- An inside look at s&m These ritualized behaviors; the strange and blatant acts, some which seem to be cut right from a horror-fiction film; the rigid symbolism in dress, and manner - none of these behaviors should be taken lightly, or ever treated as a mere 'game'. For those who do possess, in the depths of their being, the ...
- 963: Roadkill Horror Story
- ... creature back off, and watched his boots disappear down its throat. He screamed first at the sight of the two stumps that remained, then at the pain he felt. He heard the creature chew into pulp the bones that were his legs. A great darkness suddenly surrounded him. Jeff thought it was death coming to take him away. It was something much worse. Jeff was inside the mouth of the creature ...
- 964: Prime-time Animation
- ... Airport and a chain of silicon convenience stores called the Implant Hut (Duffy, )." Futurama, however, takes place well into the future. This is owing to Matt Groening's aspirations to create a farce of science fiction in a distinctively warped animated series (Groening, ). The Simpsons, and the genre of prime-time animations it started, contain many stereotypes on Western and pop culture. Family Guy falls into this genre. "There's dad ...
- 965: Origin Of Totalitarianism
- ... of the Mind."91 Hubbard's initial approach in writing about Dianetics was that of an engineer seeking practical, scientific solutions to the mysteries of the human mind. Gone was Hubbard's previously racy science fiction prose; it was replaced by a sober and logical textbook style.92 The new scientific thesis rested upon a system of axioms and mechanisms, giving Hubbard the appearance of a respectable scientist laboring away for ...
- 966: Michel Foucault And The Cultiv
- ... his “determined unity” is called into question. Foucault never denied that the subject exists, although he sometimes fictionalized the self in his writings. This self is not metaphysically free, but neither is it actually a fiction. The inevitable prohibition in the practice of power enables its own potential undoing because it creates the possibility of a new infraction. As a result, Foucault sees power as productive, and the subject it produces ...
- 967: Japanese Capital Structure And
- ... riskiness and collateral of different industries7. Figure 4 shows the difference between Japanese bank debt to asset ratio with those in the US in 1980 and 1998 for firms in thirteen industries spanning food, textiles, pulp/paper, printing/publishing, chemicals, stone/clay/glass, iron/steel, nonferrous metals, fabricated metal products, machinery, electrical/electronic machinery, transportation equipment, and precision machinery. As you can see, the differences are more concentrated around zero in ...
- 968: Interpretation 2
- ... Quixotes. Humans have been blessed with the incredible ability of imagination. It would be a waste to abolish books simply due to the fear of what we can interpret from them. The fantasies in science fiction books of only half a century ago, has become reality today. Without books giving us more knowledge to feed on, where would the ideas for future innovations come from? The future is coming fast. I ...
- 969: Mythology
- ... and of society were explained by MYTHOLOGY. The dictionary defines mythology as the myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people. The word myth is often mistakenly understood to mean fiction-something that never happened, a made-up story or fanciful tale. Myth is really a way of thinking out the past. Myths do not correctly explain what literally happen but suggest that behind the explanation ...
- 970: Michel Foucault And The Cultiv
- ... his “determined unity” is called into question. Foucault never denied that the subject exists, although he sometimes fictionalized the self in his writings. This self is not metaphysically free, but neither is it actually a fiction. The inevitable prohibition in the practice of power enables its own potential undoing because it creates the possibility of a new infraction. As a result, Foucault sees power as productive, and the subject it produces ...
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