Meditations on Life, Death, and Technology in the Style of a Japanese Poet
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Authors
Kirby, Joseph
Issue Date
2012-03
Type
Presentation
Language
en
Keywords
Japanese poetry , Renga , Death , Language
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Abstract
In this paper, I will attempt to resurrect the essence of this poetry in the form of a philosophic essay, in response to the riddle “Still Life?”, already initiated with a brief reflection on the history of Japanese renga, carried forward through a series of reflections on the relationship between language and the world, language and death, and concluded with a surprising hypothesis on the relationship between language and life, written in the context of the ecological disaster threatening humanity with extinction.
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Citation
Kirby, Joseph. "Meditations on Life, Death, and Technology in the Style of a Japanese Poet" (paper presented at Still Life? : 5th Annual Philosophy and the Arts Conference, Stony Brook University, Manhatten, March 30-31, 2012).
Publisher
Stony Brook University