Reading you first blog post on this topic, I can see how much time you have put into these answers and you worked well with the texts! The lecture and seminar, though, seemed to have helped you - also me - to clear things up, for instance, on the term Nominalism; I found Plato's cave allegory also really helpful, nice to read about it again! I agree with you, the context the texts were written in is extremely interesting - I think by trying to understand their environment more, but being able just to imagine how they lived at that point in time, we uphold Benjamin’s point on perception being determined by nature and history.
Your pre-reflections on theme 2 clearly show that you worked hard to get a good understanding of the texts! I especially liked your evaluation on how perception is historically determined and how you comprehend the term Nominalism.
You have a very structured way of writing and I like also that you focus on the main parts of the seminar discussion you found particularly interesting. Since I was in another group, I enjoyed reading about the connection between enlightenment and mass media in the eyes of Adorno and Horkheimer. Well done!
I definitely agree with you, the seminar helped a lot by explaining the term Nominalism. You did a great job in presenting how Nominalism and Enlightenment are interconnected – especially the examples help to underline your words.
The power of media still strikes me and it is just realistic to attest it even more growth over the next coming years. There is a quote by Allen Ginsberg saying, “Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.” I think this is a very important statement and specifies that we have, in the context of fostering vision and development, a certain responsibility which media we decide to 'let come true'.
You did a great explanation on the term aura in your pre-post! Interesting example by differing between the presence in a theatre play and in a motion picture.
Both of your posts are very well written and structured, so it's very easy to follow your thoughts. The seminar seemed to have helped you especially by resolving some questions about Nominalism, its comparison to Platonic realism, and its connection to enlightenment. Nice reflection!
Your posts are very well written and well structured yet skillfully intertwined. It is really a joy to read them! Your pre-post feels like you got an in-depth understanding on the texts even prior to the week.
Indeed, the cave allegory was very helpful to understand the difference between realism and nominalism. And I like your thoughts on what could happen if you take both of them to the extreme. Excess is hardly ever an advantage; I guess you kind of need balance in everything.
I also agree that we might have destroyed a lot of the aura in our surroundings, which was likely much more cherished before the technical revolution. But I think there is already – or predict there will be – a countermovement to the strong influence of digitalization and mass media, a growing urge to experience nature or culture, go travelling or seeing things actually on-site. Do you agree?
It feels like that the seminar and lecture could give you a new appreciation of the texts and that they ignited an interest in this topic that will last also outside of class. The discussion in your group sounds very interesting. Reading about your contemplations on myth is incentive – you definitely have a point there! It would be interesting to know, which mythologies are already so enrooted in the nowadays culture that we don't even recognize them at myths anymore. Good job with your reflections!
By reading your reflection, I have the feeling you worked hard on understanding the difference between nominalism and realism. I actually also accredited nominalists the desire of promoting change and supporting new ideas, since they reject the 'putting in a box' thinking fearing inactivity and no foresight. But with you saying the revolution took actually place within a realistic worldview will start to make me think about that once more. It is interesting that we rarely hear about these concepts in our life, but that their defined way of thinking has actually such a big influence in the world we shape.
Thanks for sharing your reflections with us. You have a very nice writing style and were able to check off the given questions skillfully. In particular, I like your reasoning on how interpretations are also key to our perceptions and therefore dependent on our upbringing and habits.
The seminar seemed to have helped you, as it also did with me, to increase the understanding of the texts. I really appreciate your thinking beyond it though. How interesting to read your examples on new sort of auras for the industrialized culture. I haven't thought of that. Good job!
Thank you for your nicely elaborated reflection on theme 2. It feels like you could develop your own understanding of the texts better during the lecture and the seminar. You did a great job in putting your thoughts into words, which makes it really easy to follow – for instance your deduction on nominalism and realism is spot on! I agree with you that nowadays media with its rising force can actually both portray current living standards and argue for a change. That is indeed an interesting topic as well, so thank you for bringing that up.
Having read already other blogs, you are the first to define Dialectic with thesis, antithesis and synthesis. Interesting! We also discussed Plato's cave allegory in the seminar, but it was nice to read your summary of it again. Your reflection is well written and is nicely structured; I like that you put nominalism in context with fascism, or compare enlightenment with mass media. I wouldn't say that putting a politician in Plato's clothes would make him look cleverer, but that is again dependent on our individual perception. Anyway, I am excited about how nowadays superstructure will look in 30 years, aren't you?
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