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I heard a programme on the radio recently where people argued who they thought were the most significant (not necessarily best) people from the last century in the areas of politics, the arts, sports, and science.
I've broken it down into the same categories they did, so here goes: Who do you think was the 20th Century's most significant figure in the areas of Politics/World Affairs: Medicine/Biology: Technology: Physics: Philosophy: Literature: Painting or Sculpture: Music: Film: And finally, who you believe was the single most significant figure of the 20th Century: |
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Good poll, Herr Demon. Here be my answers.
Politics/World Affairs: Lenin (for not though entirely great reasons) Medicine/Biology: Alexander Fleming Technology: The inventors of microprocessors Physics: Albert Einstein Philosophy: Um, tough one, this, I'll go for Roland Barthes Literature: William S Burroughs Painting or Sculpture: Pablo Picasso Music: Popular: Elvis Presley, Classical: Arnold Schoenberg Film: (EDITED) - Yeah, put me down for Hitchcock too. And finally, who you believe was the single most significant figure of the 20th Century: Perhaps Mahatma Gandhi (in a peace can prevail way) [/quote]
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Politics/World Affairs: Lenin (for entirely great reasons!)
Medicine/Biology: slightly tangentially, I'd say Freud. Technology: Not sure about this but would agree it must be someone with links to computers. Physics: Einstein Philosophy: (pre WW2) Wittgenstein (post WW2) Deleuze Literature: James Joyce Painting or Sculpture: Picasso or Warhol Music: Elvis Film: Godard And finally, who you believe was the single most significant figure of the 20th Century: Lenin. |
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Politics/World Affairs: hitler
Medicine/Biology: jonas salk Technology: the guys at apple or bill gates due to the sheer amount of money they've made Physics: einstein Philosophy: i don't know. Literature: i don't read much, i don't know Painting or Sculpture: dali and warhol Music: elvis Film: clockwork orange introduced transgression and extreme violence into mainstream cinema And finally, who you believe was the single most significant figure of the 20th Century: too difficult a question.
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Politics/World Affairs: Hitler.
Medicine/Biology: Not sure... Technology: Probably Bill Gates... Steve Jobs Physics: Albert Einstein Philosophy: Jesus, I dunno. Literature: William S Burroughs Painting or Sculpture: Warhol Music: Ugh... the Beatles, I guess Film: Hitchcock And finally, who you believe was the single most significant figure of the 20th Century ![]() |
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cool thread
Politics/World Affairs: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Medicine/Biology: James Watson and Francis Crick (discoverers of the helix structure of DNA) Technology: whosoever invented television Physics: Albert Einstein Philosophy: I have no idea Literature: Ernest Hemingway Painting or Sculpture: Pablo Picasso Music: Arnold Schoenberg Film: have no idea. And finally, who you believe was the single most significant figure of the 20th Century: Albert Einstein
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Politics/World Affairs: gandhi
Medicine/Biology: the fleming penicillin dude Technology: the inventor of the puter Physics: einstein + heisenberg Philosophy: wittgenstein Literature: joyce Painting or Sculpture: pic/ass/o Music: john cage Film: eisenstein, welles, fellini And finally, who you believe was the single most significant figure of the 20th Century: stalin. he fucked it all up and made it hell. or gandhi-- his influence surpasses the century. |
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Politics/World Affairs: Polish Goverment (Kaczynscy twins)
Medicine/Biology: I don't know Technology: Apple? Physics: Einstein Philosophy: Daniken Literature: Philip K. Dick Painting or Sculpture: Salvador Dali Music: Sonic Youth Film: Stanley Kubrick And finally, who you believe was the single most significant figure of the 20th Century: I have no idea.
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A cursory glance, and I couldn't think of a single answer, except Joyce for literature. That's likely because I don't read much 20th Century literature. If it includes poetry and theatre, I'd again not be able to decide - WB Yeats, TS Eliot, Ezra Pound, Sarah Kane or Sammy Beckett? Nightmare.
I mean, anyone from the 90s should be discounted, because we're too close. On the other hand, if you say Shoenberg or Stravinsky, do you then have to consider whether you should include Messiaen, Shostokovich, Feldman, Cage, Ligeti (etc etc)? They're all doing their own thing, and it's massively important and great, but I couldn't single out a single character, not even in terms of which one I like most. Wittgenstein is probably a perfect choice if you're inclined towards those who followed the linguistic turn, but the 20th century was also dominated by hermeneutics (Heidegger), existentialism (Sartre), psychoanalysis (Freud, Lacan), structuralism (Levi-Strauss), that strange neo-analytic tradition (fucking MacIntyre), post-structuralism (Derrida), film theory (Barthes, Deleuze, Debord), post-modernism (Baudriallard) and those brilliant characters who've yet to sit in a tradition (Zizeck, Lyotard, Badiou). You see? Impossible. You could even argue (if you're prickishly inclined) that Lyotard belongs to PM, or Deleuze to post-structuralism (etc etc). Impossible.
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Politics/World Affairs: George H. W. Bush, Sr./Franklin Delano Roosevelt/Emperor Shōwa Hirohito/Adolf Hitler/Yasser Arafat
Medicine/Biology: Jonas Salk/Alexander Fleming Science/Biology: James Watson and Francis Crick Technology: John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain and William Shockley (The Bell Labs Team)/Marcian Edward "Ted" Hoff/J. Robert Oppenheimer/Nikola Tesla/Thomas Alva Edison Physics: Albert Einstein/Georges Lemaître/Karl Schwartzchild/Werner Heisenberg/Werhner von Braun Philosophy: Ludwig Wittgenstein/Martin Heidegger/Jacques Derrida/Michel Foucault/Jacques Lacan/(& psychology) Sigmund Freud/(& psychology) Carl Gustav Jung/(& lit) Jean-Paul Sartre/(& lit) Albert Camus Literature (remember this is most influential): Sir Arthur Conan Doyle/Ray Bradbury/T.S. Eliot/Franz Kafka/Jack Kerouac/James Joyce/(comic books) Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster Painting & Sculpture: Pablo Picasso/Marcel Duchamp/Andy Warhol Music: Robert Johnson/Muddy Waters/Elvis Presley/Chuck Berry/The Beatles Film: Sergei Eisenstein/Orson Welles/Alfred Hitchcock/Stanley Kubrick/George Lucas Most significant/influential: Albert Einstein/John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain and William Shockley (Bell Labs)/Marcian Edward "Ted" Hoff/John Lennon |
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Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard: Religion, Individuality and Philosophical Method by Charles L. Creegan http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/ccreegan/wk/ |
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I just bought a cheap Barnes and Noble classic version of Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. So I have high expectations now...
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