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It's an embrace of the concept of momentary, knowable, objective "truth" over human interaction. It is the denying of the personhood of the presenter.
I think this forms a nice anti-treatise. It's a well-considered anti-analysis.
http://www.atlassociety.org/cth--454-FAQ_does_Objectivism_Consider_be_Art_Aesthetics.aspx
I also think you see it in journalism in this America.
The right has embraced a European, narrative model of journalism, while the Left is hamstrung by the American Columbia School of Journalism/NYT model which pretends objectivity through such means as false equivalency.
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> I have been mulling over the disappearance or demotion of narrative in the
> various arts: literature, theater, visual arts, dance, etc....
> (True too in history, social science, etc.)
>
> I know this is a huge topic, but if anyone out there could point me to some
> clear, cogent writing on the matter, I'd be grateful.
>
> I'm guessing this demotion coincides with the rise of modernism, but I'm
> missing the details and the full context.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joanna
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boddi
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