Chapter 1 of Ways of Seeing by John Berger
51 points by rafael859 4 hours ago | 8 comments
tclancy 55 minutes ago
I found the youtube copy of the series to be great - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-4LwAuTw7k
replyeecc 52 minutes ago
yep, and Sony Music Entertainment auto-ensured shareholder value was maximized
replysmokel 54 minutes ago
Interestingly, this is not copyright infringement, or at least not for the text being reproduced here. The original book (1972) mentions "The text of this book is not copyright" [1]. The image reproductions could invite copyright trolls though, so be warned.
reply[1] https://pengpedia.org/edition/ways-of-seeing-john-berger-471...
jemdiggity 25 minutes ago
I found Berger's writing pretty hard to digest. But thanks for the inspiration — will try again.
replytrimethylpurine 36 minutes ago
Berger had no credentials or education in anthropology or any science whatsoever but invented a whole movement that I think doesn't carry any scientific weight. His reputation is truly undeserved.
replyI think the fact that his work has been largely adopted by media experts, and is taught as dogma in film/media studies course work at the college level should be a strong signal that our ideas as a society about sex and body image are severely distorted and deeply problematic. Not in light of his work but because of it.
pmoriarty 46 minutes ago
> It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world
replyDo blind people not have a place in the surrounding world?
yzydserd 6 minutes ago
Berger’s way of ‘seeing’ is to situate yourself in the time and place, less ocular than you assume. And then he wrote the touching Cataracts, about how he lost his vision and gained a new way to see. He regained his vision and soon died. Possibly this is why you’ve been downvoted.
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