continuous. The discontinuity would manifest itself as an irreducible ‘flicker’ like that of a light rapidly turned on and off — and may well have been already observed as a strangely persistent annoyance. Moreover, one can only suppose that there is some mechanism at work which shifts wave...
which was conceived as a most subtle matter that penetrates every thing and holds the cosmos together by the powerful tension between its different parts, that accounts for their cohesiveness as well as for the different movements and qualities of things...
neurosis. For the obsessional the accent is put on the demand OJ of the Other, taken as object of his desire; for the hysteric the accent is put on the object of the Other, taken as support for his demand. 这个强调以不同方式表现,依照神经症者的两个层面。对于妄想症者,强调点被放置在大...
Its desires, such as they are, are transparent, for they are just what institutional approval keeps in the forefront of consciousness; another institutional pattern would alter their number and intensity; there is little in them that is natural, irreducible, or culturally dangerous. But on the ot...
, Tenth of December is George Saunders at his absolute best, a collection of stories and characters that add up to something deep, irreducible, and uniquely American. Which novel do you think will win America’s greatest literary prize this year? The winner will be announced November 20. I...