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WOODEN EYES
NINE REFLECTIONS ON DISTANCE |
| By: |
Carlo Ginzburg (Editor), Carlo Ginzburg, Martin Ryle (Trans) |
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Hardback |
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£20.00 |
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£18.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1859846378 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781859846377 |
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| Publisher: |
VERSO BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
25 June, 2002 |
| Pages: |
276 |
| Translated from: |
Italian |
| Description: |
Ginzburg's new book is a thought-provoking study of the various meanings of distance. Opening with a defamiliarization, which traces the roots of the idea in classical and enlightenment culture, he moves on to explorations of the concepts of perspective, representation, imagery and myth. |
| Synopsis: |
"I am a Jew who was born and who grew up in a Catholic country; I never had a religious education; my Jewish identity is in large measure the result of persecution." This brief autobiographical statement is a key to understanding Carlo Ginzberg's interest in the topic of his latest book: distance. In nine linked essays, he addresses the question "what id the exact distance that permits us to see things as they are?" To understand our world, suggests Ginzburg, it is necessary to find a balance between being so close to the object that our vision is warped by familiarity or so far from it that the distance becomes distorting. Opening with a reflection on the sense of feeling astray, of familiarization and defamiliarization, the author goes on to consider the concepts of perspective, representation, imagery, and myth. Arising from the theme of proximity is the recurring issue of the opposition between Jews and Christians - a topic Ginzberg explores with an array of examples, from Latin translations to Greek and Hebrew scriptures to Pope John Paul II's recent apology to the Jews for anti-Semitism.Moving with equal acuity from Aristotle to Voltaire, touching on philosophy, history, philology and ethics, and including examples from present-day popular culture, Wooden Eyes offers a new perspective on the universally relevant theme of distance. |
| Illustrations: |
26 b&w photographs |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Verso Books |
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