Oct 26, 2020 pataphysics provides a mechanism for developing imaginary solutions to the current situation, which can disrupt anthropocentric forms of reason and reasoning, and further serve to slow down the endless cycles of inclusion and exclusion that arise from parasite logic. Book excerpt e of being an old word which is accepted and reinterpreted by aristotle rather than a word freely chosen by him to denote the exact phenomenon he wishes to describe. The poetics of an imaginary science northwestern university press, evanston, illinois, 2002 international necronautical society calling agents. The poetics of an imaginary science by christian bok at indigo. Perhaps it is boks symmetrical sections, or the fact that he pulls off literary theory as poetry. Christ in paul, paul in christ adolph deissmann, the christmystic in. Tte point categ orizafions of chrisean eunoiaten years later. Using a visual epistemology based on the science of imaginary solutions pataphysics, this paper analyses finance as imagination. There is also a book of pataphorical art called pataphor by dutch artist hidde van schie. Pataphysics, we are told, is the science of imaginary solutions, which. What can the french avantgarde teach us about search. Pataphysics represents a supplement to metaphysics, accenting it, then replacing it, in order to create a philosophic alternative to rationalism. What is so often performed today, jarry once predicted.
Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Adventures in pataphysics, a splendid art book on the pataphysical painter. Aesthetics and technique in interactive fiction and new media. The poetics of an imaginary science is the only book i have read backwards.
Pataphysics is a difficulttodefine philosophy of science invented by french writer alfred jarry. A useless guide is a richly informative critical overview of the wideranging influence of and influences on pataphysics, from groucho to deleuze, oulipo, borges, bok, situationisism, scifi, raymond roussel, and a wildly creative crew of fellow travelers, diviners, alchemists, and literary and theatrical pioneers. Open one of twenty wonderboxes for more inspiration. Dec 26, 2001 but even this unlikely target seems to have now fallen under the pomo scalpel if one is to blame christian boks recent pataphysics. Read poetics book online free and download in pdf, kindle and epub formats. The section headers are all direct quotations from boks texts, as are the individual sentences in the essays first section. Anyone who studies literature will find tons of huge and unwieldy sounding greek words that might be confusing, but in poetics much of them are welldefined. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
This article examines the potential role of pataphysics, the science of imaginary solutions, in postmodern ecocriticism. This paper proposes an original and critical perspective on financial knowledge. Another attempt at a definition interprets pataphysics as an idea that the virtual or imaginary nature of. The poetics of an imaginary science by christian bok. Examining many of the strange technological vectors converging on language, it proposes a poetics appropriate to the digital era while connecting digital poetry to traditional poetrys. While addressing the fundamental question, what is social aesthetics. Pataphyscs the poetics of an imaginary science scribd. The 29th day of each month is imaginary with two exceptions.
Pataphysics is the science of imaginary solutions, and for jarry, although there is no other imagination than the scientific, modern science has simply failed to keep up with the scientific imagination. The poetics of an imaginary science and numerous book collections from fictions to scientific research in any way. It explains that pataphysics exemplifies an ecocritical approach that owes more to poetics than it does to traditional analytical methodologies and describes a number of recent examples of pataphysical research projects with distinct ecocritical dimensions. Pataphysics a theoretical exhibition exhibitions sean. May 27, 2014 excerpts from pataphysics, by christian bok. Books of critical interest the university of chicago press. Bok christian pataphyscs the poetics of an imaginary. First published in 2018 by punctum books, earth, milky way. The poetics of an imaginary science northwestern universi. Pataphysics is the science of imaginary solutions, which symbolically. His poetics 335 bce is a philosophical text on aesthetics, dramatic theory and the laws of literature, and at 2400 years old is the first of its kind. By following into the footsteps of oulipian writers, he applies the idea of constraint and the rule of restriction to the surprisingly visual and gestural. This collaborative art project inspired by the maker culture, combinatorial poetics and pataphysics, the science of imaginary solutions.
Evanston, ill north western university press, 2002. For jarry, on the other hand, the time machine is evidence of pataphysics, and hence the power of metairony. Jarrys philosophical importance in several books, including what is philosophy. Northwestern university press 2001 isbn 9780810118768 see pataphysics. Sage knowledge the ultimate social science library opens. Poetics, by aristotle free ebook global grey ebooks.
The poetics of an imaginary science 2001, and the xenotext book 1 2015. Rare books, catalogue of librairie faustroll, paris. Gerald lampert award for best poetic debut, and pataphysics. Coach house books 2001 isbn 1552450929 winner of the 2002 canadian griffin poetry prize. Bok christian pataphyscs the poetics of an imaginary science. Here, jarry toyed with conventional concepts and interpretations of reality.
Pataphysics was a concept expressed by jarry in a mockscientific manner, with undertones of spoofing and quackery, as expounded in his novel exploits and opinions of dr. But even this unlikely target seems to have now fallen under the pomo scalpel if one is to blame christian boks recent pataphysics. In 2001, just after the colleges emergence from its occultation, northwestern university press published christian boks pataphysics. Pataphysics is the science of exceptions, the science of the particular, and investigates the phenomena of alliance, variance and deviance.
Since a guide to a persons imagination presupposes a reality which is unattainable, that is, it presupposes the. I was inspired by werner heisenbergs physics and philosophy 1958, which examines probability in mechanical systems for subatomic phenomenon in relation to philosophical thought, as well as chapter 22. Download pdf cultural production and consumption select article measuring the levels of 21stcentury digital skills among professionals working within the creative industries. There are over one hundred definitions of pataphysics. For jarry, pataphysics is the antiscientific realm beyond metaphysics that examines the laws that preside over exceptions an attempt to elucidate an imaginary cosmos. Pdf defining a pataphysical stance for artsbased research. By following into the footsteps of oulipian writers, he applies the idea of constraint and the rule of restriction to the surprisingly visual and gestural nature of tarot.
The pataphysics of inoperativity in the works of giorgio agamben. Download options references found in this work beta citations of this work beta similar books and articles analytics my notes. Aristotles poetics is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory. The poetics of an imaginary science, and six years later, yale university press gave us thomas chimes. Rounding out this otherwise rectangular issue are the works of several returning authors as well as some new ones. All other sentences are splicingstogether of fragments from his texts. Jarry and other followers of this imaginary science constructed a number of categories of phenomena that help us. Wells, of course, stood in a long line of social commentators who used time travel as a convenient plot device for their speculations. A poetics appropriate to the digital era that connects digital poetry to traditional poetrys concerns with being. Pdf poetics by aristotle read free books online in pdf. Pataphysics, the science of exceptions and imaginary solutions, can be directly linked to creativity and is therefore very suitable to guide the transformation from relevant into creative search. The game visually and mechanically represents the economic imaginary of frictionless capitalism, characterized by endless and selfsufficient growth. Concisely put, the science of pataphysics is the science of imaginary solutions.
What he notes about poetry can inform an understanding of how pataphysics opens new ways of understanding the relations between. There is something fantastically attractive about this book. The article investigates how players of the incremental game adventure capitalist write about the end of the game and the end of capitalism with it. Download pdf did you struggle to get access to this article. Pataphysics, the pseudoscience imagined by alfred jarry, has so far, b. However, for a more succinct definition, i suggest his interview with stephen voyce. The poetics of an imaginary science, in which he defines thoroughly the many application of the pseudo science developed by alfred jarry. By following into the footsteps of oulipian writers, he applies the idea of constraint and the rule of restriction to. This book offers a decoder for some of the new forms of poetry enabled by digital technology. They consist of musical essays on books of the same title that havent been written, but should have.
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