April 2011
4 posts
semiotico: 2 out of 3 MPs in 2010 got elected with... →
10 Great Semiotic Books that don't mention...
1. “Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism” - Erwin Panofsky (brilliant treatise on the relationship between material culture and ideology, just happens to be medieval - just pushed out John Ruskin on The Gothic)
2. “Chromophobia” - David Batchelor (disquisition on colour in history and its malcontents)
3. “The Radicant” - Nicolas Bourriard (manifesto for...
Milan Rai on Chomsky and the Mass Media
Went to see Milan Rai talk about Noam Chomsky’s politics as part of the Ethical Society’s lecture series last week – been a mad and distracted week finishing off a project so a time shifted (i.e. late!) post. Hearing a talk about Chomsky was a reminder of the bracing effects of this thinker when I feel at risk of being mesmerized by the blandishments of the Western media. Why are we in Libya?...
