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Visual Art / Books / Nerd Wolverine Vs. Aesthetic Judgment
Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Here we have Immanuel Kant's Critique of Aesthetic Judgment explained via comic book panels. We'll get those nerds to learn about Kant one way or another.
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(Via Robot 6)
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didn't watch the vid, but I am going to guess the 1st image in the freezeframe is page 3 of uncanny #133
Am I right?
Am I right?
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I find it ironic that for once there's a reason for Mudede to pontificate on philosophy as it relates to pop culture, and he's nowhere to be seen. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that he's more into obtuse, awkward comparisons.
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@1,
The costume suggests X-Men Classic to me, not Uncanny... though it's been a long time since I've seen either.
The costume suggests X-Men Classic to me, not Uncanny... though it's been a long time since I've seen either.
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The reason I hate going to readings/performances like this one is the overly enthused intellectuals in the audience, laughing uproariously not because anything is actually funny, but to show that they're in on the joke.
Oh, how droll! He's explaining Kant using comics!
Eesh.
Oh, how droll! He's explaining Kant using comics!
Eesh.
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I vote that Paul Constant be made the new Mudede and Mudede be demoted to picking up Constant's droppings around the office with the suction he, Mudede, can produce in a salad spinner.
Nice post, thanks.
Nice post, thanks.
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@5 Im pretty sure that is uncanny 133, I just don't want to dig the books out of the closet. X-men clssics were all reprints, I think. I'm positive it is part of the dark phoenix story
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@1: The Classics (Classic X-Men then X-Men Classic) were all reprints of Uncanny starting at Giant Size #1, except the great trailer stories that Claremont wrote for the reprints. And (jesus we're getting really geeky now) the panel in the still frame is the last panel in Uncanny 132, the "Now it's my turn" teaser for the next month.
I'm not a Kantian, but I certainly agree that the speaker's really hard to follow. I'm surprised that "the appearance of universality" is a requirement for beauty. I feel like I could find something beautiful yet not feel that everyone would agree. Heck, I consider the ability to imagine someone else's viewpoint, or at least imagine that there exist viewpoints other than my own, to be essential for most intellectual and emotional challenges.
I'm not a Kantian, but I certainly agree that the speaker's really hard to follow. I'm surprised that "the appearance of universality" is a requirement for beauty. I feel like I could find something beautiful yet not feel that everyone would agree. Heck, I consider the ability to imagine someone else's viewpoint, or at least imagine that there exist viewpoints other than my own, to be essential for most intellectual and emotional challenges.
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Wow, could you all be anymore knee-jerk "this is awful"? It's entertaining, fun, breezy, and perfectly easy to understand—the man's charismatic and a good speaker.
And uncurl your lip, Free Lunch—do you really think they're faking those belly-laughs, or do you just like unnecessary ax-grinding? Plus, it was likely much funnier in real life (hence the laughter) because it was unexpected (you've got the luxury of Paul Constant's headlines setting up the vid) and playful (comics blown to giant size in lecture hall juxtaposed with serious stuff).
Where does this impulse come from, to leap to the keyboard to say, "It's so not that funny"? What do you gain?
And uncurl your lip, Free Lunch—do you really think they're faking those belly-laughs, or do you just like unnecessary ax-grinding? Plus, it was likely much funnier in real life (hence the laughter) because it was unexpected (you've got the luxury of Paul Constant's headlines setting up the vid) and playful (comics blown to giant size in lecture hall juxtaposed with serious stuff).
Where does this impulse come from, to leap to the keyboard to say, "It's so not that funny"? What do you gain?
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