ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANACHRONISM
From Latin anachronismus, from Greek anakhronismos a mistake in chronology, from anakhronizein to err in a time reference, from ana- + khronos time.
4 QUOTES WITH «ANACHRONISM»
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anachronism.
This is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism.
One already feels like an anachronism, writing novels in the age of what-ever-this-is-the-age-of, but touring to promote them feels doubly anachronistic. The marketplace is showing an increasing intolerance for the time-honored practice of printing information on paper and shipping it around the country.
One shouldn't write one's own epitaph. I hope people will remember me as one who did her best - and who wasn't an anachronism.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
My interests span biology, though sometimes I feel like an anachronism, somebody from the Victorian era when there weren't so many boundaries dividing the sciences.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANACHRONISM»
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anachronism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Antiquity and
Anachronism in Japanese History
This collection of essays is built around a major but previously unstudied theme in Japanese history--the extent to which the exaggeration of antiquity has distorted historical understanding.
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Medieval Fantasy as Performance: The Society for Creative ...
This book examines the act of medieval re-creation as performance by focusing on the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA).
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The Darkness of the Present: Poetics,
Anachronism, and the ...
The Darkness of the Present includes essays that collectively investigate the roles of anomaly and anachronism as they work to unsettle commonplace notions of the “contemporary” in the field of poetics.
" The book examines how contemporary theory considers the future and its relation to the past as that which is inescapable in the form of trauma.
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Mechanized Juggernaut Or Military
Anachronism?: Horses and ...
DiNardo argues that, although the elite panzer divisions were indeed formidable units, about 75 percent of the German Army were infantry divisions who relied primarily on the horse for transport.
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Continuity and
Anachronism: Parliamentary and Constitutional ...
Parliamentary and Constitutional Development in Whig Historiography and in the
Anti-Whig Reaction Between 1890 and 1930 P. B. M. Blaas. B. LAW AND
HISTORY INCOMPATIBLE? A mixture of legal dogma and legal history is in
general ...
A traumatic journey though a damaged perspective.
In an article published four years after The Names of History, Rancière argues
that the concept of anachronism plays a crucial structuring or regulatory role, but
an underanalysed one, in Febvre's book and in the New History generally.
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Figuring Age: Women, Bodies, Generations
Aging. and. the. Scandal. of. Anachronism. Mary. Russo. One of the most
unforgettable images in twentieth-century critical writing is Walter Benjamin's
grand and terrifying portrait of the angel of history. In an allegory of time, the
angel faces ...
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Cinephilia: Movies, Love and Memory
The. Future. of. Anachronism. Todd. Haynes. and. the. Magnificent. Andersons.
Elena. Gorfinkel. Speaking nostalgically, it is our grandfathers and grandmothers
in general that we regret, not just their aesthetic response and opportunities to ...
Marijke de Valck, Malte Hagener, 2005
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANACHRONISM»
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The time has arrived for true Senate reform
It is an anachronism for an unelected body to have a say in the making of laws in a democratic system. This doesn't mean the Senate should be ... «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»
Ancient Ritual Bath Found Under Jerusalem Home
... congregations, while most Reform and Re-constructionist branches of Judaism have eschewed the practice as an anachronism of the times. «New Historian, Jul 15»
The Sinking Of The Atlantic
... it is a uniquely American phenomenon that condemns the Second Amendment as a dangerous anachronism from an earlier, ignorant time. «America's 1st Freedom, Jul 15»
Privacy Is Freedom
... the very idea of privacy has been treated as, at best, an anachronism of the pre-digital age. Meanwhile, those desiring to keep their personal ... «Truthdig, Jul 15»
SoundTreks: Hairspray
Her song “Mama Didn't Lie” was released in 1963 (Anachronism alert! The film takes place in '62!) and was a big hit on the Billboard charts. «Crave Online, Jul 15»
Colorado drive-in theaters offer summer nights of nostalgia
Standing at the center of the 18.5-acre lot he bought in 1994, Chuck James' feet are planted in what's almost an anachronism. Almost. «Colorado Springs Gazette, Jul 15»
ABC must address issues of bias and relevance
Maurice Newman, the former ABC chair, writing in The Australian, put the proposition that the ABC is now an anachronism and no longer a ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
'Knee-high by the 4th' an anachronism
Maturing corn rises up in front of The Andersons elevator west of Champaign on Wednesday August 27, 2014. It turns out "knee-high by the ... «Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, Jul 15»
'Rock warehouse' finally organized
“The rock warehouse is an anachronism in a digital age, but it plays an essential role in Earth science. It's like a museum, or library of seeds,” ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
Why we're so confused about Amy Winehouse
“I'm an anachronism,” she said, meaning her jazz upbringing, her preference for writing her own ... How does the anachronism fare today? «The Guardian, Jul 15»
