Sentences with phrase «useful fictions which»

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These novels are, in fact, «useful fictions,» which criticize patriarchy by envisioning alternatives to its misogynist, biocidal hierarchies.

In a religious tradition such a declaration of ethical policy is associated with «stories» or «parables» which Braithwaite treats as morally useful fictions:

They are neither literal pictures of reality nor «useful fictions», but partial and provisional ways of imagining what is not observable; they are symbolic representation of aspects of the world which are not directly accessible to us.

A picture that arrived concurrently with Clive Barker's «The Hellbound Heart» (the source material for Hellraiser), it's useful as a means by which Lovecraft's and Barker's fiction can be paired against one another as complementary halves of a symbolist, grue - soaked whole.

Fiction writers have a harder time providing useful / relevant information, which is something nonfiction authors can do much more easily.

Fiction Fest has a wide range of workshops, most of which will be useful to writers at any stage of their careers.

Here's a post I wrote on the subject of Reviewing Fiction, which offers a practical means by which almost anyone can offer useful feedback / criticism:

PLR is definitely worth signing up for, and also it's worth joining ALCS — the Authors» Licensing and Copying Society --(there are equivalent organisations around the world), which is another useful extra income stream., and can be a substantial amount for those who are writing popular genre fiction.

Increased means testing will eliminate benefits to those that are better off, and turn the program into an old age welfare program, which will bring back the stigma of receiving benefits, and reduce its political legitimacy, because it would no longer have the useful fiction of something that is everyone's right.

- after the remakes of Terry's Wonderland 3D and Dragon Quest Monsters 2, Yuji Horii asked the team what should be next - the choices were Caravan Heart (GBA), a professional version of Dragon Quest Monsters 2, or a brand new game - the staff made the plot together with Takeshi Uchikawa (who is currently directing Dragon Quest XI)- the suggestion was to make the theme become something catchy, which lead to a science fiction vibe - Horii said «anything's alright as long as it's interesting» - the creation of the Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light helped build Joker 3 - fan feedback from the mobile game was used, which lead to monster stats being seen - the Reactor device lets you easily see all the things that occur on the field - the team had some trouble bringing together the ridable monsters aspect of the game, but eventually worked it out - the full game starts off with monsters that players can ride on land - you'll eventually unlock sea, air, and multi-jump land rising monsters - a «Big Air ride» was teased as well - by clearing the story, features will be unlocked that further modify monsters such as abilities and changing their sizes - Stealth Boxes which can not be found without using the Reactor only contains useful items that are optional - compulsory items that are needed to be found with the Reactor are placed in non-stealth locations - accessories can strengthen monsters, but monster strength is mainly determined from raising and combining them - features more offense - related content in the form of new spells and skills - new water - type spells are included - new skills added enable more detailed adjustments in versus, adding more strategic features - one of the items that can be bought with Communication Coins has the same effect with «Key of Encounters» - this lets players recruit monsters a bit more easily they've befriended before - since Communication Coins can only be obtained from multiplayer battles, it's completely optional - people who still do StreetPass but don't want to do multiplayer battles can still get them by combining monsters - DLC monsters are planned to be added regularly post-release until around Golden Week (April 29 — May 5)- - A national tournament is also planned, with more details coming later - carryover feature from Dragon Quest Monsters 2 that comes into play after the ending - players can bring up to 10 monsters which are ranked A or below from DQM2 to DQMJ3 each day

His insight, plain perhaps to us in our post-Freudian age but startling in its time, was that the subjective «I» was a construct, a useful fiction — something he'd deduced from the fact that the mind could observe itself at work, which suggested to him that consciousness itself, far from being straightforward, was faceted.

Jukkala's images engage the viewer frontally and function both as independent entities and as «Useful Fictions» (the title of one work), by means of which we can step outside the normal window of observation imposed by our bodies.

Which is pretty much a matter of bad cases making hard law, because the notion of «intention» is and always has been a really elusive one, cashing out for the most part as a useful fiction.