Does Star Wars ask: whose worldview and style of life will triumph? Yes
March 17, 2015 12:18 AM   Subscribe

John Powers (of Star Wars: A New Heap) writes The Future of Art: Rosalind Krauss is a Jedi - "If Krauss is Leia, Le Corbusier is a pretty great candidate for General Tarkin."
Star Wars Semiotics - "At HiLobrow we’re wary of structuralist heuristic devices. But we do enjoy tinkering with them — and we’ve noticed that the logical expansion of binary oppositions does help stimulate the imagination. However… does Powers’ square function properly?"
A Crisis in Criticism: Star Wars is not Literature, it is an Object. - "Glenn's post is good natured and whip smart - but he's dead wrong. While he is no doubt the superior semiotician ... and I can't hope to outsmart the guy, mine is the better diagram."
Star Wars Highbrow: Thesis Antithesis Synthesis - "In addition to describing the square above Glenn's original post also discussed his choices for the cardinal points at some length in terms of a "highbrow-lowbrow-middlebrow-nobrow-hilobrow schema." It is a scheme he has charted elsewhere, admitting that "aesthetic and lifestyle choices aren't entirely independent of social class.""

Krauss, Sculpture In The Expanded Field[PDF], excerpts and a clear square here
posted by the man of twists and turns (6 comments total) 20 users marked this as a favorite
 
I liked the part with the cute robots and the explosions.
posted by saturday_morning at 5:18 AM on March 17, 2015 [2 favorites]


Don't forget David Brin's excellent articles on Star Wars:

http://www.salon.com/1999/06/15/brin_main/

http://www.davidbrin.com/starwars2.html
posted by sotonohito at 8:23 AM on March 17, 2015 [3 favorites]


"hilobrow"? Where your forehead looks like the Big Island of Hawai'i?
posted by McCoy Pauley at 4:48 PM on March 17, 2015


I forgot about this site. Thanks for the post.
posted by xtian at 6:24 PM on March 17, 2015


What’s Missing in Keller and Greenwald’s Future of Journalism, in a semiotic square.
K-Hole and the Semiotic Square of Fashion
Dating in the Expanded Field ; Marriage and Not-Marriage
Squadrati: Quadrato semiotico rapporto con la musica, Quadrato semiotico dei supereroi, The Semiotic Square of (Wine) Lovers


more at
posted by the man of twists and turns at 10:25 PM on March 17, 2015 [2 favorites]


Retracing the expanded field
posted by the man of twists and turns at 1:45 AM on March 19, 2015


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