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Salvador Dalí.

Dalí, Salvador, (Author.). Brodie, Jane, (Translator.). Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn, (Editor.). Frank, Sam, (Proofreader.). Funcke, Bettina, (Editor.). Grüneisen, Lisa, (Translator.). Marten, Cordelia, (Editor.). Martínez, Chus, (Editor.). Sauerländer, Katrin, (Editor.). Vidal-Folch, Ignacio, (Contributor.). Leftloft, (Contributor.). Library Stack, (Distributor.).

Summary:

"The nineteenth-century fascination with scientific advances-especially those of science's friendliest side, medicine, pursuant to the discovery of the miracle drug penicillin-intensified during the twentieth century. Meanwhile, the interest of the masses in literature and the humanities sunk like a grand ocean liner that had run into an iceberg of disappointment. More than by any novel, I myself-a person who does nothing but read and write-have been impressed by the research of Aubrey de Gray, a gerontologist at Cambridge with a picturesque beard, and of other sages who, like de Gray, predict that we will soon be able to put death off for a long time and ultimately be rid of it entirely by halting cellular deterioration. Because, de Gray affirms, it is not inscribed on cells that they must necessarily undergo entropy. Others, like physicist Kevin O'Regan, foresee that in a few hundred years' time, human beings will be able to transport consciousness into a computer. And that computers need not be cold, metallic robots. They might well be organic and sensitive beings akin to clones. The computer scientist and inventor Ray Kurzweil jealously keeps the DNA of his father, Cedric, along with his father's other belongings, in hopes that one day he will be able to create a virtual person very much like his dad..."-- provided by distributor.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9783775730686
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource.
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified], Hatje Cantz, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Archived and cataloged by Library Stack
Restrictions on Access Note:
Subscriber Lendable.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Standard Copyright.
Subject:
Biology.
Biopolitics.
Biology.
Biopolitics.
Genre:
Tracts (Ephemera).
Pamphlets.

Electronic resources


  • Readbox Pub

    Die Angst vor dem Tod und der Wunsch nach Unsterblichkeit waren vorherrschende Themen in Dalís Leben: Nur neun Monate vor der Geburt des Künstlers starb sein älterer Bruder, der auch den Namen Salvador trug. Diese ausgeprägte Sensibilität verstärkte sich noch nach dem Spanischen Bürgerkrieg und dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Dalís ursprünglicher Plan, sich nach dem Tod einfrieren zu lassen, wurde durch eine tiefgründige Faszination für die Wissenschaften ersetzt, insbesondere für die Entdeckung der DNA-Struktur, die für ihn die zentrale Komponente war, um Leben zu verstehen. Die hier abgedruckten, bisher unveröffentlichten Notizen Dalís enthalten Anekdoten über den Autor Stefan Zweig, der den Künstler mit Sigmund Freud bekannt machte. Außerdem ist ein mit Dalís handschriftlichen Notizen versehener Artikel aus der von ihm regelmäßig gelesenen Zeitschrift Scientific American abgebildet. In seiner Einführung schreibt Ignacio Vidal-Folch über Dalís Suche nach Unsterblichkeit und unterschiedliche Sichtweisen auf das Thema von Wissenschaftlern und Autoren wie Ray Kurzweil, Elias Canetti und Eugène Ionesco.

    Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) war ein spanischer Künstler.

    Der Journalist und Autor Ignacio Vidal-Folch (*1956) lebt in Barcelona.

     

    Sprache: Deutsch/Englisch

    Fear of death and the wish for immortality were central notions in Dalí’s lifetime: his older brother, who was also named Salvador, died just nine months before the artist was born. This particular sensibility became even more prevalent after the Spanish Civil War and World War II. Dalí’s initial plan to have his body frozen after death was replaced by a deep fascination with the sciences, in particular the discovery of the structure of DNA, which he believed to be the central component in our understanding of life. The previously unpublished notes by Dalí reproduced here contain anecdotes about author Stefan Zweig, who helped introduce the artist to Sigmund Freud. Additionally reprinted is an article from Scientific American, a magazine regularly read and commented on with handwritten notes by Dalí. In his introduction, Ignacio Vidal-Folch writes about Dalí’s search for immortality, and different views on the topic from scientists and authors such as Ray Kurzweil, Elias Canetti, and Eugène Ionesco. 

    Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) was a Spanish artist.

    Ignacio Vidal-Folch (*1956) is a journalist and author living in Barcelona.

    Language: German/English