Word: notionalism
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...name to show his opposition to the war - among others, pioneered the field of photomontage. Hausmann's fierce, cut-and-paste man in a militaristic pose is not a soldier but The Art Critic. Not that Dadaists cared what critics thought. In fact, they bequeathed us the enduring notion that art is what the artist says it is, an approach taken up with gusto by people such as Hirst and Koons. In describing the readymades of Duchamp, fellow Dadaist Breton called them "manufactured objects promoted to the dignity of objets d'art by means of the artist's choice." These...
That’s not all the three-weeks-running Ivy Offensive Player of the Week broke. Hartigan rushed for an epic 245 yards on 38 carries, breaking down the notion that Princeton could win games on defense or that defense could contain a star rusher...
...three identical letter bombs, also postmarked from Alexandria, addressed separately to "parole officer" at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. Late last week U.S. intelligence officials were wrestling with the possibility that even more bombs were waiting to be delivered. At the same time, they were confronting the alarming notion that the deadly missives constitute a sinister new terrorist campaign--although who may have launched such a campaign and what connection there might be between the targets remained a mystery...
...Walt outlines a prescription for a more “mature” foreign policy. He wants to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian crisis by exerting true pressure on Israel. He proposes pairing the fight against nuclear proliferation abroad with a reduction of American nuclear capabilities. And he rejects the notion that states have the right to wage pre-emptive war. These proposals are not revolutionary. What’s important is that he provides a comprehensive intellectual framework from which these goals emerge. This is not empty rhetoric.Walt begins with the familiar premises that American power is unrivalled and that...
...lines, finger painting, and nap time. Welcome to Harvard, Pre-K style. This brings me to the more insidious problem with the section system. Since the TFs fail to inspire any sort of genuine interest in the material, and generally the section grade is based on the always-vague notion of “participation,” sections become a rat race of asinine comments (“It’s really symbolic how they had the main character’s name starts with an S”), ridiculous pre-planned name dropping (“This...