Jetsam on Flotsam: Notes on Material and other Remnants and Residues

In an attempt to open a conversation on the remnant, this essay proceeds as a collection of notes on the following topics: 1) Definitions of flotsam and jetsam 2) Some famous figures of waste: Defoe, Melville, Twain, myth of Hercules, A.C. Bradley, Trotsky, Walter Benjamin 3) Waste in contemporary...

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Main Author: Thomas Byers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2020-01-01
Series:Altre Modernità
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/12739