#collective remembrance

[lesewut]

γνῶθι σεαυτόν ("Know thyself!")

Sijakovic, Bogoljub “The Presence of Transendece- Essays on Facing the Other through Holiness, History and Text.” Published 2013 in Los Angeles by Sebastian Press, Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in collaboration with The Institute for Theological Research of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University in Belgrade.

As the title emphasizes, the book deals with "the presence of transcendence", the absence of which is so acutely felt throughout the rest of our world, that often seems disoriented and senseless. In Sijakovic's philosophical-theological conception, history plays a very important role.

As a relatively sceptical person, I often find revealing argumentations in countries of the world, that define history as a part of suffering (in Western Europe history is thought in terms of making -> Historical Achievements), like we can find in the Balkan (14th Chapter: A Critique of Balkanistic Discourse: Constribution to the phenomenology of Balkan "Otherness") . History and the interpretation is a huge and exciting topic, sometimes it is almost forgotten, how long past historical events are still instrumentalized and influencing our live :

"History is the battleground of our existence. It is that dimension of reality that demands our constant attending because it is both an indispensible constituent of our identity and a playground of virtually unlimited possibilities for deciption. Those who are powerful write the narratives that fill our history books. They "explain" to the rest of us all the "whats" and "whys" in history."

With the help of theology and philosophy, it is possible to reconstruct the past instructively. Beside sorting the facts and offering appropriate accounts, we need to know ourselves and our "nature" , to learn how to react and respond adequately, as we have a responsibility on the interpretation, as it can advance to identification. However, the philosophical aspiration to comprehend the "reality" as a whole, is a very ancient idea. Historical science is complex and there is no object of history completely independet from historical knowledge (T. Litt: "The theory of historical knowledge is simultaneously the theory of historical reality, vice versa." Cf. "Geschichtswissenschaften und Geschichtsphilosophie"). Also the concept of history decided what is to be an object of history, which is again determined by the conceptualization of history, especially by the major interpretative concepts, such as "longue durée" (Braudel) ; "episteme" (Foucault) "unsurpassable horizon" (Satre) ; "Paradigm" (Kuhn). There are many other concepts of interpretation of historical "facts" (there is no objective history, it is always about our understanding and explaining), interesting is also the theory of Nietzsche, who uses the perspectivists approach to history in order to stand against both the positivsts ideal of objectivity and the teleological historical constructs of Hegel ("Weltgeist") and Eduard von Hartmann.

Requirements for the Historian are also compared and interlinked with the social power (my recommendation by Popper: "The Open Society"): History of humanity is the history of the political power. And also Foucault connects the narrative of the Historian with the ritual of power, as those terms are congenital for a long time, the history of the mighty is tying people legally to power, the speech of the power that establishes order. "It is the fascination generated by the glory of reknowned people and deeds: The light of law and the radiance of glory are the functional principles of history [Foucault "Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the College de France, 1977 - 78]. Both law and glory issue forth from power, and power issues forth from war. Also an important role of historical science is the formation of the identity of a given community, so it cannot be "over-valued" (in the sense of national identity).

So what is true and correct? It is very difficult, as historical knowledge is always a self-knowing and in the historical science, the self-understanding of man is manifested:

"The ends that he follows and the image of himself are discerned by man in the mirror of history. That mirror is held for us, as she calls us to memory and remembrance (Burkard Liebsch "Probeleme einer genealogischen Kritik der Erinnerung: Anmerkungen zu Hegel, Nietzsche und Foucault") , by the muse Clio whose mother is the goddess of memory, Mnemosyne. He who memorizes and remembers- he knows himself."

So it is just logical, that Sijakovic is also highlighting: “The Anthropological meaning of self-knowledge: Toward the Apollonian precept "Know Thyself!"

But also other cornerstones of Sijakovics view are presented, like the confrontation of the human-being in any forms of communication and continuing processing aims at truth and authenticity, which will never end in accomplishment. But maybe in a less aggressive world?

Just a little throw-in, because very informative are also Sijakovics speculations of the “Metaphysics of Light” the theories about “The Paradigmatic and Tautegoric Nature of Poetry”

[redbean-nom]

some designs for tusken era boba :)

unarmored/pre krayt hunt armored/post krayt hunt

alternative lighting style and flat colors

[xinyuehui]

In celebration of International Women's Day, I want to share 10 of my favourite dramas with incredible women protagonists. They are loveable, courageous, ambitious, and sometimes annoying, dramatic, and stubborn. They are not perfect, they may remind you of a mother, daughter, wife, friend or perhaps yourself. Like someone who exists in our lives. ♡

Lady Tough (2021) 突如其来的假期 Remembrance of Things Past (2021) 我在他乡挺好的 Dear Diary (2021) 我的巴比伦恋人 Delicious Romance (2021) 爱很美味 Mad Doctor (2022) 村裡來了個暴走女外科 Twenty Your Life On 2 (2022) 二十不惑 2 Shards of Her (2022) 她和她的她 Song of Life (2022) 三悦有了新工作 Faithful (2023) 九义人 Rosy Business 2: No Regrets (2010) 巾幗梟雄之義���豪情

[lionofchaeronea]

The Veteran, Gaetano Chierici, 1878

[theamandacollection67]

Happy Birthday remembrance to Margaret (Peggy) Yvonne Kao Middleton aka Yvonne De Carlo.

September 1, 1922~January 8, 2007

[thepastisalreadywritten]

During the First World War, Queen Mary (26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) paid her respects in 1916 at local memorial shrines in East London.

The ‘Roll of Honour’ (seen in the second photograph) listed over 100 men from around this street in Hackney who had enlisted.

[orinthered]

[wukoweek2024]

Photograph by Emby81

Rating: General Audiences

Summary: Since his parents were killed, Wu carried a small picture of his parent's in his breast pocket everywhere he went. On the day of Kuvira's coup, the smoothies that were throw at him get soaked in his shirt, and into the picture, which is worse than everything else that happened.

[elizabeth-dicewielder]

Why are videogames hard when you put them on hard mode :(

[dwellingsofsimplicity]

Announcement trailer for Doctor Who Season 25 on blu-ray.

[radi0activec0smos]

part 2 to that doodle spam post which I absolutely could've done as a reblog but like. cmon. why would I do that. do I look like someone who uses logic to you? /hj

(once again under a read more cuz I don't want to like take up massive chunks of space)

First of all THESE two doodles I didn't get to fit into the og post - surprise bitches, im also a cookie runner (though I'm not really that active, even less so in the fandom, so, like. do with that as you will). also yes I got infected with the "give blorbos pointy ears" disease and it's exactly one friend's fault /pos

And now: style change :3 @starlightlamplighter mildly encouraged me to share the doodles I did in their style so bestie here's also your time to shine

and of course we start with gay people real because why not

iirc THIS doodle with Mur and @starlightlamplighter's Ryuva was what really sent me properly into cementing her style into my styleset as well :] (I still remember when she ended up encouraging me to use it more often and I have to say it's REALLY fun to use)

Okay, context behind these four: I massively headcanon that Wounded Warrior (who I refer to as Mur or Murtagh) may have defected from Eden/wherever the fuck Resh's army may have been situated or whatever and rejoined the war effort on Tsadi's side, mainly because of the symbol on their chestplate and the fact that there's the sun shield in their memory. These doodles are set both during their time in Eden and during their escape.

And to top it all off, more gay people (which is actually from this month!)

[jils-things]

hallo guys :] :] :]

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

don't ever let me visit thermopylae cause i know i will start crying and will make a scene in front of the monument to the thespians that fought alongside the spartans.

[stick-by-me]

Cowabunga!

[collaredkittyboy]

Some more :3

A collection

[jwood718]

Feel good story: Alaina Demopoulos reporting for The Guardian:

"Her dead father left her 10,000 records. Sharing them online helped her grieve – and get to know him.

Jula began sampling albums from her father’s extensive collection on Instagram. Her ‘listening parties’ connected her with people who shared his passion."

Well, feel good or maybe cry-and-smile-at-the-same-time good.

"...close to 10,000 records [including] everything from opera to 60s psych to prog rock to new wave. At first, it felt overwhelming to look at shelves and shelves of records. But this summer [she] decided to 'sample' a few records. A friend suggested she post the process on Instagram. 'She said, "There are people who are your father’s age who would recognize the records, and maybe you could find a small community of people who you can connect to, to keep that alive,"'Jula said...

When Richard died a few years ago, those records became the only physical thing Jula had left of her father. 'It’s like the last thing we have left of him, so even though they take up a lot of space, I knew I didn’t want to get rid of any.'..

Turning such a private act of getting to know her late father into a social media project helps Jula process her feelings. She calls her account 'a listening party' and likes to read comments on her posts. 'These people really keep my father alive for me, because he was always talking about music,' she said. 'I’ll mention an album, and someone will give me a fact about it, or a little tidbit, and that makes me feel like my father’s in the room, because that’s what he would be doing.'”

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