![]() In Welcome to America, Boström Knausgård’s second novel, which was awarded Sweden’s prestigious August Prize and came out in the U.S. But they also figure prominently in her own work. Questions of strength and weakness have hovered around Boström Knausgård ever since the novelist with whom she shares a last name wrote, in rather excruciating detail, about their life together and Boström Knausgård’s mental illness. It is the answer of someone accustomed to contending with the slow poison of other people’s assumptions. ![]() “I am a strong person,” she says emphatically, chuckling a little at her own vehemence. ![]() But ask her if she sees herself as weak and Linda Boström Knausgård is unequivocal. Despite the blazer and jeans, she would not look out of place rising from the mist in some Arthurian legend or collapsing onto a Victorian fainting couch. Her skin, pale as a plate of milk, is translucent, and against the clatter of the Stockholm coffee shop, she speaks tentatively, as if testing whether the words can bear her weight. ![]() You expect a certain fragility, and at first encounter, she does not disappoint. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The absolutist, monarchical or sovereign form of power involved punishment as a theatrical ritual of public torture. In a key text from that period, Discipline and Punish, Foucault articulates several modes of power: absolutist, juridical, and disciplinary. This middle period consists primarily of Discipline and Punish (Vintage, 2nd Ed, 1991) History of Sexuality Vol I (Random House, 1978) and, Society Must be Defended (Picador, 2003). 1 English language scholars accept that his work falls into three periods. The hope is to suggest and gesture towards uses of disciplinary power in legal analysis.įoucault discussed and theorised discipline in what English-language scholars of his work call his genealogical period. This explanatory post broadly examines discipline and disciplinary power by considering how Foucault conceptualises the panopticon (and panopticism) to articulate it, how it differs from juridical-sovereign power, and its (contentious) interrelation to law and liberalism. ![]() Photo: S Young.ĭiscipline is one of Foucault’s most intriguing and widely discussed concepts. High Court of Australia Building (Canberra). ![]() ![]() ![]() Most of them are wishful thinking or just gimmicks, but the term ‘nectar’ was adopted quite appropriately in one case: to label the mixture of sugars and water that can be secreted by any vegetative part of a flowering plant, but mostly by flowers.įloral nectar contains 15% to 75% (by weight) of sugars, mostly glucose, fructose and sucrose. The magical diet of the Olympians made such an impression on Western culture that many food and drink products have ‘ambrosia’ or ‘nectar’ attached to their names. Tantalus’ punishment for stealing ambrosia and nectar © Jacques Favereau, 1655 Next time you find yourself ‘tantalisingly close’ to something but not getting it, spare a thought for poor Tantalus, going hungry and thirsty for eternity. Every time Tantalus tried to pick up a fruit, the branches would grow out of his reach, and when he wanted to drink, the water would recede away. The gods didn’t take the betrayal lightly: they shipped Tantalus to the Underworld and made him stand in a pool of water under the branches of a fruit tree. ![]() ![]() Tantalus stole their food (ambrosia) and drink (nectar) intending to give the loot to his people to make them immortal and privy to divine secrets. When the Greek gods invited Zeus’ son Tantalus for a feast at Olympus, they couldn’t have imagined their guest had sticky fingers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Christopher is a brilliant creation, and Mark Haddon's depiction of his world is deeply moving, very funny and utterly convincing. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. ![]() ![]() There was a garden fork sticking out of the dog.' The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. 'The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. ![]() ![]() ![]() Or that she’d foist an old book on them to keep safe. Still, he wasn’t expecting aliens!Īnd he certainly wasn’t expecting that the woman he and Charlotte and Akemi are assigned to interview for their “living local history” project would be a Sneak expert. He figured this school year would be bad-his best friend moved away, the class bully is circling, and he’s stuck doing a group project with two similarly friendless girls, Charlotte and Akemi. When Ben Harp sees his teacher's watch crawling across the hallway, he thinks he must be dreaming.īut no, he’s just seen his first Sneak-an interdimensional mischief-maker that can borrow the form of any ordinary object. Men in Black meets middle school! A school project takes an alien turn when three kids uncover a secret society whose aim is to keep sneaks-mischievous interdimensional sprites-from slipping into our universe ! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Time was also spent on questions of whether or not it is okay to just exist or should we always be striving for some goal. The analysis of Mosscap’s question to the human “What does a human need?” was likewise thought-provoking. It was fun and intriguing to watch Mosscap be introduced to humanity as a whole. ![]() We are back in the same post-apocalyptic Earth setting but this time instead of Mosscap helping Dex explore the wilds, Dex is bringing Mosscap to human cities. These are quick reads that seem simple on the surface but really delve deeply into a lot of philosophical topics. Thoughts: I loved this installment of Monk and Robot just as much as the first book in this series. I borrowed an ebook of this from my library. Series Info/Source: This is the second book in the Monk & Robot series. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe.” “After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. ![]() Stand Alone or Series: 2nd book in the Monk & Robot series ![]() ![]() Second made a way to bring the children back to the 1600's but Andrea made Jonah and Katherine carry on. JB sent all the children back, leaving him and the dog. he tapped on the Elucidator that disappeared earlier that was also in Andrea's hand, setting off a ripple in time. Second apparently counted this variable in his projection of this happening, so he already predicted this. JB does a time smack and appears right behind Second, taking him down. He messed with time and made it so John White did see his grand daughter, even though they were never suppose to meet. Towards the end of the book, Second is reviled to be Sam Chase, JB's projectionist, the guy who tells JB how likely the children were able to succeed by running projections with every possible variable. ![]() the two boys, Antonio and Brendan, were actually the Native american boys, so they stayed connected to there Tracers. during the trip there, Second sends two other kids to help Jonah and the rest of them, by making them land right on top of him by something called a time smack. ![]() ![]() They follow two Native American boys that are bring him, John White, to Croatoan where he thought his family was. After helping John White, Virginia's grandfather, not drown. Andrea is in a rush to leave because someone by the name of Second told her a code that would help her stop her adopted parents death, but turns out to make the Elucidator disappear and sends them to the wrong time, 1600's. ![]() The book starts out with JB instructing Jonah, Katherine, and Andrea, who is suppose to be Virginia Dare. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With only each other for company, they must rely on one another to fight the dangers of the wild and prepare for the winter months. No matter what she tries, getting her point across to this primitive but beautiful man is a constant - and often hilarious - struggle. ![]() She's not at all interested in Ehd's primitive advances, and she just can't seem to get him to listen. She's confused and distressed by her predicament, and there's a caveman hauling her back to his cave home. Still, he's determined to fulfill his purpose in life - provide for her, protect her, and put a baby in her.Įlizabeth doesn't know where she is or exactly how she got there. He doesn't know where she came from she's wearing some pretty odd clothing, and she makes a lot of noises with her mouth that give him a headache. ![]() When he finds a beautiful, young woman in his pit trap, it's obvious to him that she is meant to be his mate. He's strong and intelligent but completely alone. It's said that women and men are from two different planets when it comes to communication, but how can they overcome the obstacles of prehistoric times when one of them simply doesn't have the ability to comprehend language?Įhd's a caveman living on his own in a harsh wilderness. ![]() ![]() ![]() Until the bold, beautiful Isabelle Lira presents him with an irresistible offer. ![]() But as the synagogue custodian, he is too poor for wishes and not foolish enough for dreams. Once, Aaron Ellenberg longed to have a family of his own. So she’ll host a series of festivals, to which every eligible Jewish man is invited. Only finding the right spouse will require casting a wide net. Her only choice is to marry-and fast-to a powerful ally outside the respected Berab family’s sphere of influence. Since her father’s death, his former partners have sought to oust her from their joint equity business. London, 1832: Isabelle Lira may be in distress, but she's no damsel. From an author known for her “powerful and passionate” work comes a story with an enchanting twist on Cinderella (Eva Leigh, bestselling author): a charming heiress must marry to save her family’s business, but the man she dreams of is the one she can’t have. ![]() ![]() Gael Fashingbauer Cooper is a journalist who writes the pop-culture blog Pop Culture Junk Mail. We want to remember the sounds we heard, the foods we ate, the toys that passed into our hands for a day or for a decade. "If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." That’s what we’re trying to do - stop and look around, close our eyes, and redecorate the rooms of our childhood. "Life moves pretty fast," said our fellow 1980s child Ferris Bueller. Malibu Barbie isn’t necessarily the world's best doll, but if when you think of her you picture your cousin and remember how hard you laughed when her baby brother bit Barbie in the boob, then to you she is the best doll, now and for eternity. ![]() The orange-and-red shag carpeting in your bedroom isn't as important as the hours you spent trying to make your Lincoln Logs stand up on it. It's not really the things that we loved it’s our memories of those things and how they fit into our lives. In a way, these two are decades only a native could take to heart. But if you loved your childhood home even though it wasn’t the most glamorous place on the block, you likely have fond memories of the years in which you grew up - no matter how goofy, no matter how clumsy. ![]() Those are goofy decades to embrace, with their avocado refrigerators and wood-paneled rec rooms, their leg warmers and shoulder pads. A lot of people our age hate the label "Generation X," preferring to call themselves children of the 1970s and 1980s. ![]() |