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| A Review of the book '''Real Presences''' written by G. Steiner | | A Review of the book '''Real Presences''' written by G. Steiner |
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| ==fr. Theology Vol. 102 (1999) 169-176== | | ==fr. Theology Vol. 102 (1999) 169-176== |
− | ''Real Presences: Two Scientists’ Response to [[George Steiner]]'' | + | ''Real Presences: Two Scientists’ Response to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Steiner George Steiner]'' |
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| ==Authors== | | ==Authors== |
| Wilson Poon and Tom McLeish | | Wilson Poon and Tom McLeish |
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− | Real Presences is Steiner's personal manifesto against the [[deconstruction movement]] in modern [[literature]] (and [[art]] and [[music]]). It is not a book that many scientists would read, let alone re-read.And yet we have read and re-read the book; it has made us laugh and cry. Why? This essay is a first attempt at articulating the shock of relevance two scientists felt after their encounter with this remarkable book. | + | Real Presences is Steiner's personal manifesto against the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction deconstruction] movement in modern [[literature]] (and [[art]] and [[music]]). It is not a book that many scientists would read, let alone re-read.And yet we have read and re-read the book; it has made us laugh and cry. Why? This essay is a first attempt at articulating the shock of relevance two scientists felt after their encounter with this remarkable book. |
− | | + | <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Presence]]''''', follow '''''[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Presence this link]'''''.</center> |
| ==Section 1== | | ==Section 1== |
| Real Presences is evidently born out of pain (one reviewer calls it a ‘vulnerable’ book), the pain | | Real Presences is evidently born out of pain (one reviewer calls it a ‘vulnerable’ book), the pain |
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| of disappointment to read (italics ours) | | of disappointment to read (italics ours) |
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− | <blockquote>‘Only art can go some way towards making accessible, towards waking into some | + | <center>‘Only art can go some way towards making accessible, towards waking into some |
− | measure of communicability, the shear inhuman otherness of matter.’</blockquote> | + | measure of communicability, the shear inhuman otherness of matter.’</center> |
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| Frighteningly, ‘we are utterly free not to receive ... [when we are] face to face with the presence of | | Frighteningly, ‘we are utterly free not to receive ... [when we are] face to face with the presence of |