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50 GREAT ADVENTURES – EXTRAORDINARY PLACES AND THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THEM

The Art BookVolume 14, Issue 1 p. 58-59 50 GREAT ADVENTURES – EXTRAORDINARY PLACES AND THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THEM HENRY MATTHEWS, HENRY MATTHEWS Professor Emeritus, Washington State UniversitySearch for more papers by this author HENRY MATTHEWS, HENRY MATTHEWS Professor Emeritus, Washington State UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 08 February 2007 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8357.2007.00780_2.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume14, Issue1February 2007Pages 58-59 RelatedInformation

The fall from Eden, critical theory, and The Teletubbies

This essay demonstrates how the biblical story of Eden (Genesis chapters 2–3) illuminates contemporary critical theory and culture. Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin evoke the myth of the Fall in their studies of mass culture. Giorgio Agamben and Peter Sloterdijk show how modernity is defined by such extraordinary places as concentration camps and parks. But my reading of Genesis 3 reveals a subtle story even better suited to cultural criticism than the standard myth of the Fall. In an analysis of the children's television programme. The Teletubbies, I show how the Edenic world of Teletubbieland reflects the most sinister qualities of consumer culture. The interplay between Teletubbieland and reality echoes the dynamic tension between Eden and life outside it. Teletubbieland captures two motifs common to the biblical story and critical theory: extraordinary places and the human–animal relationship. By merging contemporary theory and culture with biblical tradition, this essay points out new directions for biblical studies.

Conversation with Timothy Cook.

Conversation with Timothy Cook.

Ordinary fungi in extra ordinary places

Ordinary fungi in extra ordinary places

The good European: Nietzsche's work sites in word and image

Friedrich Nietzsche was acutely sensitive to place: to the taste of sea air, to the sweep of wind across the coast, to the narrow confines of medieval walls or the tumbling breadth of an Alpine vista framed by the window near his writing desk. He was convinced that the effects of the environment, climate and terrain on one's life and thought were both tangible and profound. This book explores, in text and photographs, Nietzsche's Epicurean appreciation of the cities and landscapes in which he worked and their influence on his thought. From Saxony to the Swiss Alps, from the Riviera to the Dolomites of Recoaro, the reader is guided, in word and image, through the course of Nietzsche's philosophical thought and his continental wanderings, along the painful path from genius to madness. Translations of the philosopher's writings on his work sites are included alongside photographs of the sites themselves. In essence, the reader is invited to share with Nietzsche, through his voice and vision, his own experience of these extraordinary places.

Popular beliefs pertaining to certain places in Surinam

The fame of Guiana as a land of strange and wonderful things began with its discovery, when sailors and explorers, returning to Europe, spread amazing tales of extraordinary beings and marvelous places encountered in the New World. Rumors of Eldorado, Amazons, headless men, and terrible monsters staggered the belief of those at home, and, bewitched by a promise of wealth or adventure, lured thousands to horrible death in the tropic fastnesses. But as these fanciful beliefs relative to Guiana