Category Archives: Burroughs
The Projection-Introjection Mechanism in Jack Kerouac’s The Subterraneans
The consequences of projection of fantasies onto the Real can be clearly observed in Kerouac’s The Subterraneans, which was quite a subversive book in its time, carrying Kerouac quite high up the cultural ladder, and in Burroughsian terms “causing thousands
The Projection-Introjection Mechanism in Jack Kerouac’s The Subterraneans
The consequences of projection of fantasies onto the Real can be clearly observed in Kerouac’s The Subterraneans, which was quite a subversive book in its time, carrying Kerouac quite high up the cultural ladder, and in Burroughsian terms “causing thousands
Cronenberg, Burroughs, Deleuze (1) – Naked Lunch and The Body Without Organs
organ without a body The Naked Lunch I am concerned with here is David Cronenberg’s film about William Burroughs’ writing process of Naked Lunch. The film, rather than being a direct adaptation of the novel, is a distillation of Burroughs’s
Cronenberg, Burroughs, Deleuze (1) – Naked Lunch and The Body Without Organs
organ without a body The Naked Lunch I am concerned with here is David Cronenberg’s film about William Burroughs’ writing process of Naked Lunch. The film, rather than being a direct adaptation of the novel, is a distillation of Burroughs’s
Cronenberg, Burroughs, Deleuze (2) – The Evil Spirit and The Spiritual Automaton
The Evil Spirit and The Spiritual Automaton It is a recurrent theme in science-fiction-thriller movies that in time humanity turns into the slave of its own creation, namely of machines. It is precisely because of this fear of being replaced
Cronenberg, Burroughs, Deleuze (2) – The Evil Spirit and The Spiritual Automaton
The Evil Spirit and The Spiritual Automaton It is a recurrent theme in science-fiction-thriller movies that in time humanity turns into the slave of its own creation, namely of machines. It is precisely because of this fear of being replaced
Cronenberg, Burroughs, Deleuze (3) – From Metaphor and Towards Metamorphosis
From Metaphor and Towards Metamorphosis With Deleuze the Cartesian mind-body dualism has been replaced by body-language dualism. Without being too insistent about it at this stage I would like to hint at where the relationship between these dualisms is heading.
Cronenberg, Burroughs, Deleuze (3) – From Metaphor and Towards Metamorphosis
From Metaphor and Towards Metamorphosis With Deleuze the Cartesian mind-body dualism has been replaced by body-language dualism. Without being too insistent about it at this stage I would like to hint at where the relationship between these dualisms is heading.
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