Jens Bjering
Biographic Data
| ID | 7532999 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jens Bjering |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jens |
| FAMILY NAME | Bjering |
| SIGNATURE | BJERING J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern Denmark |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ecology, Capitalism and Waste: From Hyperobject to Hyperabject
The article develops the notion of the 'hyperabject' - coined by Danish poet Theis Ørntoft - into a proper theoretical concept. The term hyperabject is a synthesis of Timothy Morton's concept of hyperobjects and Julia Kristeva's theory of abjection, and in the article we argue that the concept of the hyperabject entails a necessary critique of and correction to Morton's ecological thought, as well as various other versions of speculative realism,…
Imagining the "Unheard-Of" in Contemporary Cinema
Inspired by Jacques Derrida's essay "No Apocalypse, Not Now (Full Speed Ahead, Seven Missiles, Seven Missives)" and its call for an openness to the "unheard-of" of disaster, the article investigates how disaster is imagined in contemporary cinema. Specifically, the essay sets up a three-fold typology constructed around the different ways in which a cluster of disaster films released between 1998 and 2011 conceive the dynamic between a cataclysmic…
Depression og/eller apokalypse
The article sets out by investigating how depression is represented in Lars von Trier’s disaster movie Melancholia with the specific intent to detach mental illness from classic, somewhat romantic notions of metaphoric and epistemological connections between psychopathology and deeper “truths” about the world. Employing what one could call a symptomatological view on the depression of the main protagonist Justine, the article concludes that her d…
Ecology, Capitalism and Waste: From Hyperobject to Hyperabject
The article develops the notion of the 'hyperabject' - coined by Danish poet Theis Ørntoft - into a proper theoretical concept. The term hyperabject is a synthesis of Timothy Morton's concept of hyperobjects and Julia Kristeva's theory of abjection, and in the article we argue that the concept of the hyperabject entails a necessary critique of and correction to Morton's ecological thought, as well as various other versions of speculative realism,…
Depression og/eller apokalypse
The article sets out by investigating how depression is represented in Lars von Trier’s disaster movie Melancholia with the specific intent to detach mental illness from classic, somewhat romantic notions of metaphoric and epistemological connections between psychopathology and deeper “truths” about the world. Employing what one could call a symptomatological view on the depression of the main protagonist Justine, the article concludes that her d…
Imagining the "Unheard-Of" in Contemporary Cinema
Inspired by Jacques Derrida's essay "No Apocalypse, Not Now (Full Speed Ahead, Seven Missiles, Seven Missives)" and its call for an openness to the "unheard-of" of disaster, the article investigates how disaster is imagined in contemporary cinema. Specifically, the essay sets up a three-fold typology constructed around the different ways in which a cluster of disaster films released between 1998 and 2011 conceive the dynamic between a cataclysmic…
Ecology, Capitalism and Waste: From Hyperobject to Hyperabject
The article develops the notion of the 'hyperabject' - coined by Danish poet Theis Ørntoft - into a proper theoretical concept. The term hyperabject is a synthesis of Timothy Morton's concept of hyperobjects and Julia Kristeva's theory of abjection, and in the article we argue that the concept of the hyperabject entails a necessary critique of and correction to Morton's ecological thought, as well as various other versions of speculative realism,…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Narrative Theory and Analysis (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)