DISPOSABILITY: A SEMIOTIC ACCOUNT OF FREEFLOW ETHICS
DISPOSABILITY: A SEMIOTIC ACCOUNT OF FREEFLOW ETHICS
Author(s): David CornbergSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Alma Mater
Keywords: nature; culture; collectivity; disposability; dirt(iness); freedom; freeflow ethics; speed.
Summary/Abstract: The paper is a study on disposability, also known by the name of ‘extermination’, ‘enslavement’, ‘final solution‘. The semiotic context foregrounds notions such as worth, collectivity, freedom, while the signifiers deployed in freeflow ethics send towards capital, human bodies, restraints on humn action and conflict.
Journal: Cultural Perspectives - Journal for Literary and British Cultural Studies in Romania
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 357-367
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
