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That which disturbs the self, by provoking either disgust, fear, loathing or repulsion. Belonging to the realm of the psychic,
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That which disturbs the self by provoking an *uncanny feeling of disgust, fear, loathing, or repulsion. The abject is
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A term coined by Indigenous Australian anthropologist and activist Marcia Langton to conceptualize the disparity between representations of Indigenous Australians
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As Bronwyn Carlson demonstrates in The Politics of Identity (2016), Aboriginality is a highly contested term that has
Abstractionism Quick reference
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In art, a movement away from *representation and *mimesis towards a kind of imagery that aims to provoke
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In art, a movement away from *representation and *mimesis towards a kind of imagery that aims to provoke
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A term created by theatre critic Martin Esslin in his 1961 book, The Theatre of the Absurd, to encompass
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A term created by theatre critic Martin Esslin in his 1961 book, The Theatre of the Absurd, to encompass
actant Quick reference
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A logical category in the narrative grammar devised by the Paris-based, Lithuanian linguist Algirdas Julien *Greimas. The actant
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A logical category in the narrative grammar devised by the Paris-based, Lithuanian linguist Algirdas Julien *Greimas. The actant
active Quick reference
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German philosopher Friedrich *Nietzsche (and after him French philosopher Gilles *Deleuze) used these categories to describe two
active and reactive Quick reference
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German philosopher Friedrich *Nietzsche (and after him French philosopher Gilles *Deleuze) used these categories to describe two
actor Quick reference
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Any agent, perceptible at the level of *discourse, who plays a part in a narrative. In contrast to
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Any agent, perceptible at the level of *discourse, who plays a part in a narrative. In contrast to
actor-network theory Quick reference
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A material-semiotic theory of social action. Developed by the sociologists Bruno Latour, Michel Callon, and John Law at
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A material-semiotic theory of social action. Developed by the sociologists Bruno Latour, Michel Callon, and John Law at
actual Quick reference
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A modal distinction proposed by French philosopher Gilles *Deleuze as a replacement for the problematic real-possible distinction more commonly
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A modal distinction proposed by French philosopher Gilles *Deleuze as a replacement for the problematic real-possible distinction more commonly
Adorno, Theodor (1903–69) Quick reference
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(1903–69)
German cultural critic, philosopher and key member of the *Frankfurt School. A refined critic with
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and key member of the *Frankfurt School. A refined cultural critic with an incredible range of interests, Adorno
