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The Imaginary

About: The Imaginary is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4807 publications have been published within this topic receiving 87663 citations.


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TL;DR: In this paper, the historical basis for a cyberspace of identity has been examined in terms of the Internet's post-1968 countercultural history embedded within a larger intellectual history of mathematical logic, taking a detour through the emergence of computer science as an academic discipline.
Abstract: Since the world saw proof of US and UK digital surveillance practices, the Internet has been imagined in public discourse not so much as a digital frontier than as a strictly delimited identity management system While it is no doubt productive to think about this political crisis in terms of the Internet’s post-1968 countercultural history, that history is itself embedded within a larger intellectual history of mathematical logic By taking a detour through the emergence of computer science as an academic discipline, this article examines the historical basis for a cyberspace of identity

12 citations

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15 May 2009
TL;DR: For instance, Imaginary Friends as mentioned in this paper explores the shifting representations of Quaker life in a wide range of literary and visual genres, from theological debates, missionary work records, political theory, and biography to fiction, poetry, theater, and film.
Abstract: When Americans today think of the Religious Society of Friends, better known as Quakers, they may picture the smiling figure on boxes of oatmeal But since their arrival in the American colonies in the 1650s, Quakers' spiritual values and social habits have set them apart from other Americans And their example - whether real or imagined - has served as a religious conscience for an expanding nation Portrayals of Quakers - from dangerous and anarchic figures in seventeenth-century theological debates to moral exemplars in twentieth-century theater and film (Grace Kelly in High Noon, for example) - reflected attempts by writers, speech makers, and dramatists to grapple with the troubling social issues of the day As foils to more widely held religious, political, and moral values, members of the Society of Friends became touchstones in national discussions about pacifism, abolition, gender equality, consumer culture, and modernity Spanning four centuries, "Imaginary Friends" takes readers through the shifting representations of Quaker life in a wide range of literary and visual genres, from theological debates, missionary work records, political theory, and biography to fiction, poetry, theater, and film It illustrates the ways that, during the long history of Quakerism in the United States, these 'imaginary' Friends have offered a radical model of morality, piety, and anti-modernity against which the evolving culture has measured itself

12 citations

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TL;DR: This article explored the similarities and differences between Klein and Lacan's theories, personalities, and influence on the European analytic community in the aftermath of World War II, drawing parallels between the paranoid-schizoid position and the imaginary order.
Abstract: Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan have profoundly influenced the theory and practice of psychoanalysis, particularly outside the United States. This paper explores the similarities and differences between their theories, personalities, and influence on the European analytic community in the aftermath of World War II. Parallels are drawn between the paranoid-schizoid position and the imaginary order, as well as between the depressive position and the symbolic order.

12 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023563
20221,296
2021145
2020180
2019178
2018199