Why do things break? / edited by Ann M. McCulloch and R.A. Goodrich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCulloch, Ann M., editor.

Goodrich, R. A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2019]

Summary:

This study interrogates the breakages that occur in peoples' lives such as psychological breakdowns, political ruptures, and the effects of history evolving ideologically such that the axioms of the past are overturned and people subsequently lose their sense of identity or purpose. The book combines creative writing pieces in which writers draw from personal experiences to demonstrate the impact of breakages with more discursive essays that question artificial breakdowns between disciplines and the imperative that underpins all knowledge: its provisional nature in conflict with the human need to categorize and define. It focuses on the psychologies that haunt creative autobiographical pieces, as well as the plight of broken minds and bodies in the face of trauma, historical change and political events. It also looks directly at the ideas of thinkers and artists from the past and the impact their work may still have despite shifting paradigms, ruptures and re-formations. Furthermore, it queries new formations by directly asking: why did former ideas break and why the need for salvaging the past (or authenticating the present) by identifying precursors?.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Part 1: Precarious Reach of Metaphor

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Part II: Broken Minds, Broken Bodies

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Part III: Breaking Codes

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Part IV: Making Precursors, Breaking Paradigms

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

1-5275-3476-6

OCLC:

1117367887