Older than language : comics as philosophical praxis and heuristic for philosophical canon

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dc.contributor.advisorHambidge, Joanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAbrahams, Shathley Qen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-10T08:57:07Z
dc.date.available2014-11-10T08:57:07Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 194-197).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe central task of this dissertation is the exploration of the medium of comics, and its connections to both popular culture and philosophy as a practice conceived in the Western tradition. Comics (at times referred to as both 'graphic literature' and 'sequential art' during this dissertation) constitutes a wholly new object. One that is qualitatively distinct from prose, theater, poetry and cinema. Mimicking the structure of comics wherein two images are juxtaposed to suggest (rather than explicitly state) a coherent sequence in the mind of the reader, this dissertation offers two "images" of its central thesis: one a theoretical element, the other a work of creative fiction. Following on from each other, these "images" interrogate both in their parts and in their sequence, the politics of representation around comics and its connections to philosophy and the popular. In the first "image" a theoretical work is forwarded to examine the various connections that arise between comics, popular culture and philosophy. The central thesis of this element argues for a nuanced understanding in which the medium of comics provides for a clearer interlocutor of Western philosophy's perennial concerns. The works of Galileo, Vico, Descartes, Darwin, Marx, Freud, Einstein, Foucault and Deleuze are reinterpreted using the aesthetic mechanics of comics as philosophical concept. This dissertation thus asserts that comics functions as "heuristic" for Western philosophy, a method which encodes understanding through practice.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAbrahams, S. Q. (2009). <i>Older than language : comics as philosophical praxis and heuristic for philosophical canon</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9480en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAbrahams, Shathley Q. <i>"Older than language : comics as philosophical praxis and heuristic for philosophical canon."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9480en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAbrahams, S. 2009. Older than language : comics as philosophical praxis and heuristic for philosophical canon. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Abrahams, Shathley Q AB - The central task of this dissertation is the exploration of the medium of comics, and its connections to both popular culture and philosophy as a practice conceived in the Western tradition. Comics (at times referred to as both 'graphic literature' and 'sequential art' during this dissertation) constitutes a wholly new object. One that is qualitatively distinct from prose, theater, poetry and cinema. Mimicking the structure of comics wherein two images are juxtaposed to suggest (rather than explicitly state) a coherent sequence in the mind of the reader, this dissertation offers two "images" of its central thesis: one a theoretical element, the other a work of creative fiction. Following on from each other, these "images" interrogate both in their parts and in their sequence, the politics of representation around comics and its connections to philosophy and the popular. In the first "image" a theoretical work is forwarded to examine the various connections that arise between comics, popular culture and philosophy. The central thesis of this element argues for a nuanced understanding in which the medium of comics provides for a clearer interlocutor of Western philosophy's perennial concerns. The works of Galileo, Vico, Descartes, Darwin, Marx, Freud, Einstein, Foucault and Deleuze are reinterpreted using the aesthetic mechanics of comics as philosophical concept. This dissertation thus asserts that comics functions as "heuristic" for Western philosophy, a method which encodes understanding through practice. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Older than language : comics as philosophical praxis and heuristic for philosophical canon TI - Older than language : comics as philosophical praxis and heuristic for philosophical canon UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9480 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9480
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAbrahams SQ. Older than language : comics as philosophical praxis and heuristic for philosophical canon. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9480en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSociologyen_ZA
dc.titleOlder than language : comics as philosophical praxis and heuristic for philosophical canonen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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