I'm reading a critical history of science fiction that talks about Heidegger's focus on the issue of "Being" and the science fiction examination of technological objects that approach Heiddegerean Being-in-the-World and Being-towards-Death. Battlestar Galactica seems deeply engaged with this process.
Ah. Yeah, I never really could wrap my brain around what Heiddeger was going on about with respect to Being as a precondition vs Being as, um, whatever it is Heiddeger was going on about.
I wrapped my head around it just long enough to pass that exam and haven't thought of it particularly in the past twenty years. But I kept enough to at least follow arguments that reference it.
One of the things that impressed me most about Freedom & Necessity was that it actually gave me an urge to re-read Hegel. Fleeting, but an urge nonetheless.
I don't pretend to know what you're talking about (although it sounds interesting). However, if you're looking for some overly philosophic examinations of Battlestar Galactica episodes, I highly recommend the recaps over at Television Without Pity.
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Date: 2008-06-27 03:07 am (UTC)(Sorry. It's been a really long day)
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Date: 2008-06-27 02:46 pm (UTC)OK, you've out-philosophy-geeked me.
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Date: 2008-06-27 02:59 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-06-27 06:13 pm (UTC)One of the things that impressed me most about Freedom & Necessity was that it actually gave me an urge to re-read Hegel. Fleeting, but an urge nonetheless.
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Date: 2008-06-27 05:27 pm (UTC)