Emanuel Levy
Cinema 24/7
Film Theory: Categorization; Dichotomies
Stephen Jay Gould:
Since the world is so full of a number of things, we must categorize and simplify in order to comprehend.
But the reduction of complexity entails a great danger, since the time between enlightening epitome and vulgarized distortion is so fine.
Dichotomy is the usual pathway to vulgarization.
(Review of A Feeling for the Organism of Life and Work of Barbara McLintock, NY Review of Books, March 29, 1984, 58-71.
Film Theory: Categorization; Dichotomies
Film Theory: Categorization; Dichotomies
Stephen Jay Gould:
Since the world is so full of a number of things, we must categorize and simplify in order to comprehend.
But the reduction of complexity entails a great danger, since the time between enlightening epitome and vulgarized distortion is so fine.
Dichotomy is the usual pathway to vulgarization.
(Review of A Feeling for the Organism of Life and Work of Barbara McLintock, NY Review of Books, March 29, 1984, 58-71.