tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21677423.post6198109307453402939..comments2024-01-03T20:27:23.695-05:00Comments on <i>ursprache</i>: symbol overwhelmedJforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21677423.post-852449469235329822013-01-31T20:14:39.460-05:002013-01-31T20:14:39.460-05:00Miss it…I don't know...I miss maybe its size a...Miss it…I don't know...I miss maybe its size and influence. And perhaps the weight and the emotion of ‘archetype’ which most symbols embody.<br /><br />True, the symbol has too often been deployed simplistically. And I think one could argue that certain images spawned by mass media now have an ‘iconic status’ that rivals any symbol’s heft and influence. <br />JforJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21677423.post-49493645388508481352013-01-31T10:13:14.973-05:002013-01-31T10:13:14.973-05:00Do we miss them? The symbols, I mean. Or we're...Do we miss them? The symbols, I mean. Or we're they always bricks in a kind of mental prison that kept us from experiencing the flow of images we are immersed in every moment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21677423.post-6880834388269752932013-01-30T20:36:12.071-05:002013-01-30T20:36:12.071-05:00You might find Henry Jenkins's latest book &qu...You might find Henry Jenkins's latest book "Spreadable Media" of interest in this regard...More than a symbol's succumbed<br /><br />Have you read Ranciere, also very apropos?Conrad DiDiodatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286noreply@blogger.com