Curated by Abodid Sahoo
Research papersI keep coming back to.
Written by their respective authors, not by me. Collected here for their connections to autoethnography, photography, grief, memory and human emotions.
The reading shelf
Philosophy
Discusses "PHOTOGRAPHY AS ANTI-MEMORY," exploring concepts like Romanticism, the invisible, alterity, the void, and the symbolic mirror in relation to memory and photography.
A table of contents for a work on "Dream Death and the Self," detailing chapters on philosophical puzzles, the meaning of the dream hypothesis, and its relation to identity and the first person.
An editorial that discusses locating the human subject's experience not just within the body but as dispersed across social and symbolic networks of power, and often confined to a "temporal now." The piece introduces the concepts of ghosts, haunting, and "Hauntology" to address these limitations.
Raises concerns with the analysis of love enhancement through neurochemical modulation as a key issue in contemporary neuroethics. It suggests strengthening the argument against medicalization concerns and developing stronger analysis of social/political concerns, emphasizing the relevance of philosophy and the humanities.
Defines and discusses the concept of "Hauntology," noting its resurgence prompted by musical artists whose work sounded "ghostly." It identifies hauntology's key feature as its confrontation with a cultural impasse.