Tag Archives: aesthetics

Either/Or Episode 9

Posted on September 25, 2010 by taurmannie

This is the last episode of Either/Or and the theme of this episode is to explore the relationship between art and economy, such as whether it even make sense to talk about art alongside with economical theory. Different societies and economies … Continue reading →

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Either/Or Episode 8

Posted on September 14, 2010 by taurmannie

Continuing the topic on the relationship between art and modern society, this episode goes deeper to the topic of how art can reveal new perspective in the modern society and how it relates to creation of art. The judge continues … Continue reading →

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Either/Or Episode 7

Posted on August 31, 2010 by taurmannie

After a series of episodes on discussion on the traditional art forms, this episode explores the relationship between art and the modern society. In this episode, the judge claims that art has the special power to provide fresh perspective to … Continue reading →

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Either/Or Episode 6

Posted on August 21, 2010 by taurmannie

After five weeks of discussion about the aesthetical and ethical concern of various art forms, the hosts have discovered the need to explicate the deeper problem. This is a special episode in a sense that the discussion centers on the … Continue reading →

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Either/Or Episode 5

Posted on August 3, 2010 by taurmannie

This week is about literature. In this episode the judge considers that there are certain necessary conditions for a novel to be a novel and one of them is the ethical theme. The judge claims that it is the soul and … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Dr Eileen John on the intersections in ethics and aesthetics and her arguments in ‘Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism’ and ‘Literature and the Idea of Morality’

Posted on July 19, 2010 by snowjason

For anybody interested, I recently finished editing an interview I conducted with Dr Eileen John of the Philosophy department at Warwick (which the ever-indispensable Mr Mannie Taur kindly stepped in to film for me at the last minute; perhaps this … Continue reading →

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Either/Or Episode 4

Posted on July 18, 2010 by taurmannie

This week, the judge and the artist introduced the new section called ‘quote of the day’ (which ended up being a rather intermittent addition to the format!). Anyway, the artist states that there are certain necessary conditions for something to … Continue reading →

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Either/Or Episode 3

Posted on July 9, 2010 by taurmannie

This episode takes you right into the aesthetical and ethical debate of music. In this episode, the judge insists that one of the necessary components for music is lyrics since the only way to incorporate ethics into music is lyrics. … Continue reading →

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Either/Or Episode 2

Posted on June 27, 2010 by taurmannie

The debate of this episode circles around whether movie directors have an obligation to portray an accurate account of  moral issues. The movies that are discussed in this episode include Lolita and Gone Baby Gone.  The judge claims that it is vitally … Continue reading →

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This is Either/Or!!

Posted on June 19, 2010 by snowjason

Welcome to Either/Or, Mannie and Jason’s oldest-running radio show, currently (perhaps miraculously!) continuing to air on RAW [student radio station] every Saturday at 8-9. The show takes the form of a series of debates between two figures arguing for very … Continue reading →

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