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DESCRIPTION:Proust remarked that the artist’s task is to activate different
  modes of attending within the beholder and to create new ones. Attention a
 s an object of inquiry in Proust\, however\, has been largely ignored since
  it is associated with the pitfalls of voluntary memory. The author theoriz
 ed conscious volition as a dead end when it comes to arriving at the truth 
 of things—for instance\, other people's desires\, finding the topic of one’
 s novel\, or even the remembrance of our past selves. And yet Proust has a 
 lot to tell us about the ways in which attention works if we do not restric
 t its definition to a sole variety\, that is\, as the expression of individ
 ual focus. Drawing on the works of Marion Milner\, Donald Winnicott\, and B
 ernard Stiegler\, this talk will attend to the forms Proustian attention ta
 kes and ponder how these attachments to the world make life worth living.\n
 \nJohn D'Amico is visiting assistant professor of French at Agnes Scott Col
 lege. All members of the campus community are welcome to attend this event.
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LOCATION:Campbell Hall\, C-South Classroom 228
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SUMMARY:Proust on Varieties of Attention: What Makes Life Worth Living
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URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/lecture_by_john_damico
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