scholarly journals Tropical Malady: Film & the Question of the Uncanny Human-Animal

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Creed
Keyword(s):  
Silent Period ◽  
The Other ◽  
Love Story ◽  
The Uncanny ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
The Tropics

The acclaimed Thai film, Tropical Malady (2004), represents the tropics as a surreal place where conscious and unconscious are as inextricably entwined. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tropical Malady presents two interconnected stories: one a quirky gay love story; the other a strange disconnected narrative about a shape-shifting shaman, a man-beast and a ghostly tiger. This paper will argue that from it beginnings in the silent period, the cinema has created an uncanny zone of tropicality where human and<br />animal merge.

Love and Horror in Grief: An Autopsychography on the Loss of a Beloved Animal Companion

2020 ◽  
pp. 002216782095089
Author(s):  
Bethany Morris
Keyword(s):  
Companion Animal ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Uncanny ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Animal Companion ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Humanistic Tradition

Using an autopsychographic approach as advocated by Yuan and Hickman, this article demonstrates the ways in which love and horror are implicated in one another during the experience of grief at the loss of a companion animal. The relationship between the human and the companion animal is explored through Lacan’s understanding of love premised on lack and an ethical relationship to the lack in the other. When that other dies, horror may be an intrusive emotion premised on a feeling of the uncanny with the familiar becoming unfamiliar. These experiences are then rearticulated in the context of the human–animal relationship through psychoanalytic and existential themes, arguing that the loss of such a relationship needs to be appreciated in theorizations about grief and meaning within the humanistic tradition.

‘Behind the Poetic Fiction’: Freud, Schnitzler and Feminine Subjectivity

2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-223
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Goodstein
Keyword(s):  
Sigmund Freud ◽  
The Other ◽  
Modernist Literature ◽  
Arthur Schnitzler ◽  
Feminine Subjectivity ◽  
The Uncanny ◽  
Poetic Fiction ◽  
Psychoanalytic Theories

In 1922 Sigmund Freud wrote to fellow Viennese author and dramatist Arthur Schnitzler: ‘I believe I have avoided you out of a sort of fear of my double’. Through a series of reflections on this imagined doubling and its reception, this paper demonstrates that the ambivalent desire for his literary other attested by Freud's confession goes to the heart of both theoretical and historical questions regarding the nature of psychoanalysis. Bringing Schnitzler's resistance to Freud into conversation with attempts by psychoanalytically oriented literary scholars to affirm the Doppengängertum of the two men, it argues that not only psychoanalytic theories and modernist literature but also the tendency to identify the two must be treated as historical phenomena. Furthermore, the paper contends, Schnitzler's work stands in a more critical relationship to its Viennese milieu than Freud's: his examination of the vicissitudes of feminine desire in ‘Fräulein Else’ underlines the importance of what lies outside the oedipal narrative through which the case study of ‘Dora’ comes to be centered on the uncanny nexus of identification with and anxious flight from the other.

scholarly journals Chance or Necessity—The Fungi Co−Occurring with Formica polyctena Ants

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
Igor Siedlecki ◽  
Michał Gorczak ◽  
Alicja Okrasińska ◽  
Marta Wrzosek
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Identification ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Its Rdna ◽  
The Other ◽  
Formica Polyctena ◽  
Ant Nests ◽  
Mutualistic Fungi ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
High Diversity ◽  
Better Than

Studies on carton nesting ants and domatia−dwelling ants have shown that ant–fungi interactions may be much more common and widespread than previously thought. Until now, studies focused predominantly on parasitic and mutualistic fungi–ant interactions occurring mostly in the tropics, neglecting less−obvious interactions involving the fungi common in ants’ surroundings in temperate climates. In our study, we characterized the mycobiota of the surroundings of Formica polyctena ants by identifying nearly 600 fungal colonies that were isolated externally from the bodies of F. polyctena workers. The ants were collected from mounds found in northern and central Poland. Isolated fungi were assigned to 20 genera via molecular identification (ITS rDNA barcoding). Among these, Penicillium strains were the most frequent, belonging to eight different taxonomic sections. Other common and widespread members of Eurotiales, such as Aspergillus spp., were isolated very rarely. In our study, we managed to characterize the genera of fungi commonly present on F. polyctena workers. Our results suggest that Penicillium, Trichoderma, Mucor, Schwanniomyces and Entomortierella are commonly present in F. polyctena surroundings. Additionally, the high diversity and high frequency of Penicillium colonies isolated from ants in this study suggest that representatives of this genus may be adapted to survive in ant nests environment better than the other fungal groups, or that they are preferentially sustained by the insects in nests.

Der Fall des Philosophen

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Gekle
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Oedipus Complex ◽  
The Other ◽  
Philosophical Theory ◽  
Ernst Bloch ◽  
The Uncanny ◽  
History Of ◽  
Painful Experience ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The One

The history of mental development on the one and the history of his writings on the other hand form the two separate but essentially intertwined strands of an archeology of Ernst Bloch´s thought undertaken in this book. Bloch as a philosopher is peculiar in that his initial access to thought rose from the depths of early, painful experience. To give expression to this experience, he not only needed to develop new categories, but first and foremost had to find words for it: the experience of the uncanny and the abysmal, of which he tells in Spuren, is on the level of philosophical theory juxtaposed by the “Dunkel des gerade gelebten Augenblicks” (darkness of the moment just lived) and his discovery of a “Noch-nicht-Bewusstes” (not-yet-conscious), thus metaphysically undermining the classical Oedipus complex in the succession of Freud. In this book, psyche, work and the history of the 20th century appear concentrated in Ernst Bloch the philosopher and contemporary witness, who paid tribute to these supra-individual powers in his work as much as he hoped to transgress them.

scholarly journals Non-philosophical Christ-poetics beyond the mystical turn in conversation with continental philosophy of religion

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johann-Albrecht Meylahn
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Continental Philosophy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Negative Theology ◽  
The Uncanny ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Mystical Theology ◽  
Critical Conversation ◽  
Language Text ◽  
The Way

The religious turn in continental philosophy has opened the door for postmetaphysical mystical theology. Postmetaphysical mystical theology seeks to understand the non-relation relation of language (text) to the Other. Yet, this non-relation relation to the Other, who is every other, can also be interpreted differently to the mystical understanding. For example, Žižek argues that the Other, which is often experienced as the uncanny, the unpredictable and the contingent (lived spirituality), is not necessarily the result of some mystical unknowable Otherness but is a consequence of the way the subject’s own activity is inscribed into reality. These experiences of lived spirituality or experiences of Otherness can, rather than being interpreted as an in-breaking of the mystical Other, be interpreted otherwise, as a grammatological consequence of the inability and impossibility of language (Lacan). Therefore, in this article, Žižek’s thoughts function as a bridge to bring this mystical turn back into critical conversation with continental philosophy and particularly with the thoughts of Derrida, Laruelle and Stiegler. The contemporary mystical turn in theology rediscovers something of this non-religious religion. Derrida’s thoughts are in close proximity to negative theology and yet there is an important difference. This difference will be explored and further developed towards Laruelle’s non-philosophy, which does not translate into a non-religion religion or postmetaphysical metaphysics but remains a non-philosophy or maybe a science of Christ. This article will conclude with a tentative exploration of a postmetaphysical Christ-poetics beyond the mystical turn.

scholarly journals Exotic Otherlands, Headquarters of Death: Sub-tropical Land- and Cityscapes in The Southern Vampire Mysteries

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska
Keyword(s):  
New Orleans ◽  
American South ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
The Uncanny ◽  
True Blood ◽  
History Of ◽  
The American South ◽  
Interspecies Relations ◽  
Racial Ethnic

The landscapes and cityscapes of the sub-tropical Southern United States, with their opulent nature, exuberant cities, boisterous cultural diversity and troubled history of conflict and violence have long offered an alluring locale for Gothic narratives. This article explores the ways in which <em>The Southern Vampire Mysteries</em> (2001–2013) – the best-selling literary series by Charlaine Harris and the basis for the HBO TV series <em>True Blood</em> – construct the Gothicised imageries of the American South as the terrain of confusing ambivalences; of glamour and exoticism, death and the uncanny. Informed by the discourses of tropicality, Tropical and Urban Gothic and exotic tourism – and the ways they interweave with the concept of Otherness – the paper seeks to illuminate the process of interrelating and consequently exoticising the figure of the Other and Southern sub-tropical land- and cityscapes. It also examines the tropes of urban interspecies relations articulated in the series as a metaphor for the Southern racial/ethnic heritage with its anxieties of miscegenation, transgression and “excessive” heterogeneity. A particular emphasis is placed on the accounts of New Orleans as the liminal space of cultural blending and touristic exploration of the figure of the Other.

scholarly journals Cloud Changes in the Period of Global Warming: the Results of the International Satellite Project

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-13
Author(s):  
O. M. Pokrovsky
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Series ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Smoothing Algorithm ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
Lower Cloud ◽  
Statistical Time ◽  
The One ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Climatic Series

The results of analysis of climatic series of global and regional cloudiness for 1983–2009. Data were obtained in the framework of the international satellite project ISCCP. The technology of statistical time series analysis including smoothing algorithm and wavelet analysis is described. Both methods are intended for the analysis of non-stationary series. The results of the analysis show that both global and regional cloudiness show a decrease of 2–6%. The greatest decrease is observed in the tropics and over the oceans. Over land, the decrease is minimal. The correlation coefficient between the global cloud series on the one hand and the global air and ocean surface temperature series on the other hand reaches values (–0.84) — (–0.86). The coefficient of determination that characterizes the accuracy of the regression for the prediction of global temperature changes based on data on changes in the lower cloud, in this case is 0.316.

scholarly journals NATURE CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE POETRY OF SUMITRANANDANPANT

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (9SE) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Manju Rani
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Single Element ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Natural Activity ◽  
Natural Equilibrium ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Ancient Civilizations

The environment is the basis of life on our earth, which is the basis for the emergence, development and survival of not only human but also different kinds of fauna and flora. The environment has an important role in the progress that human has made from the development of civilization to the present age, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that the development of human civilization and culture is the result of similar and harmony of human environment, that is why many ancient civilizations have adverse environment Due to the collapse of the era, many species and species of plants have become extinct and this crisis is increasing in many.In fact, the environment is not a single element but a group of many elements and all these elements or components, in a state of natural equilibrium, create an environment in which the development of human, animal, flora, etc., continues uninterrupted. But if any one of these elements is deficient or its natural activity is obstructed, then it also has a bad effect on the other elements, due to which a new odd situation is born. This asymmetry adversely affects climate, flora, fauna and humans. Which becomes the cause of crisis for the existence of world. पर्यावरण हमारी पृथ्वी पर जीवन का आधार है, जो न केवल मानव अपितु विभिन्न प्रकार के जीव जन्तुओं एवं वनस्पति के उद्भव, विकास एवं अस्तित्व का आधार है। सभ्यता के विकास से वर्तमान युग तक मानव ने जो प्रगति की है उसमें पर्यावरण की महती भूमिका है और यह कहना अतिश्योक्ति न होगी कि मानव सभ्यता एवं संस्कृति का विकास मानव पर्यावरण के समानुकूल एवं सामन्जस्य का परिणाम हैं यही कारण है कि अनेक प्राचीन सभ्यतायंे प्रतिकूल पर्यावरण के कारण काल के गर्त में समा गई तथा अनेक जीवों एवं पादप समूहों की प्रजातियाँ विलुप्त हो गयी और अनेक पर यह संकट गहराता जा रहा है।वास्तव में पर्यावरण कोई एक तत्व नहीं है अपितु अनेक तत्वों का समूह है और ये सभी तत्व अथवा घटक एक प्राकृतिक सन्तुलन की स्थिति में रहते हुए एक ऐसे वातावरण का निर्माण करते है जिसमें मानव, जीव-जन्तु, वनस्पति आदि का विकास अनवरत चलता रहे। किन्तु यदि इनमें से किसी एक भी तत्व में कमी आ जाती है अथवा उसकी प्राकृतिक क्रिया में अवरोध आ जाता है तो उसका बुरा प्रभाव दूसरे तत्वों पर भी पड़ता है, जिससे एक नई विषम परिस्थिति का जन्म होता है। इस विषमता से जलवायु, वनस्पति, जीव जन्तु एवं मानव पर प्रतिकूल प्रभाव पड़ता है। जो जीव जगत के अस्तित्व के लिये संकट का कारण बन जाता है।

scholarly journals Latitudinal gradients in biotic niche breadth vary across ecosystem types

2015 ◽  
Vol 282 (1819) ◽  
pp. 20151589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyssa R. Cirtwill ◽  
Daniel B. Stouffer ◽  
Tamara N. Romanuk
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Food Webs ◽  
Niche Breadth ◽  
The Other ◽  
Latitudinal Gradients ◽  
Food Web Structure ◽  
Scaling Relationships ◽  
Web Structure ◽  
Scaling Relationship ◽  
The Tropics

Several properties of food webs—the networks of feeding links between species—are known to vary systematically with the species richness of the underlying community. Under the ‘latitude–niche breadth hypothesis’, which predicts that species in the tropics will tend to evolve narrower niches, one might expect that these scaling relationships could also be affected by latitude. To test this hypothesis, we analysed the scaling relationships between species richness and average generality, vulnerability and links per species across a set of 196 empirical food webs. In estuarine, marine and terrestrial food webs there was no effect of latitude on any scaling relationship, suggesting constant niche breadth in these habitats. In freshwater communities, on the other hand, there were strong effects of latitude on scaling relationships, supporting the latitude–niche breadth hypothesis. These contrasting findings indicate that it may be more important to account for habitat than latitude when exploring gradients in food-web structure.

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