Was ist es denn mit den Gehirnen? Warum schmecken sie so gut?
I present to you the zombie modernism concept of a friend of mine:
Well, as I'm sure you know, the advent of post-modernism as such is coeval with the advent of zombies.
But as we all know post-modernism is a retread of modernism is a retread of Romanticism.
So why not rewrite classic works of modernism (or even Romanticism) in which key figures are zombies?
(I thought the argument would be that post-modernism is zombie modernism is zombie romanticism, but evidently not.) He gives examples: "For instance: "Stately, bold [sic] Buck Mulligan... BRAINS!" That could be Ulysses. Benn's "Gehirne" could probably stay the same.". I think it's a great idea! One could start with Manfred, because, after all, does not Manfred desire to eat BRAINS—namely, his own brains, and the memories they contain?
Comments
on 2006-11-24 19:34:45.0, bitchphd commented:
Everyone knows that Byron was a vampire, not a zombie.
and, further, on 2006-11-24 19:39:24.0, ben wolfson commented:
We're talking about Manfred here.
and, further, on 2006-11-24 20:00:57.0, bitchphd commented:
What, you've got a problem with the whole identification of author with work thing?
and, further, on 2006-11-25 18:03:06.0, Jackmormon commented:
I thought the argument would be that post-modernism is zombie modernism is zombie romanticism
That's what the argument should be.
and, further, on 2006-11-26 10:03:15.0, Adam Kotsko commented:
So I guess that when analytic philosophers talk about how you can tell your friends aren't zombies, that's their way of entering into the postmodernism debate.