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Now showing — Metaphors · 5 works

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  • Illness as Metaphor Essays · 1970s

    In 1978, while recovering from cancer, Susan Sontag wrote Illness as metaphor, the celebrated essay on the invented and often punitive uses of illness in our culture. It was not surprising that a decade later, after the advent of AIDS, Sontag felt compelled to write a sequel that would counter the almost universal l...

    PowerModernityResistance
  • Metaphysical dialogue with A.I. - Conferences & Book by Stefano Dorian Franco is a 2025 essay or critical text by Stefano Dorian Franco, linked to a wider international field and multiple languages. It keeps the thought field readable as...

    ModernityResistanceIdentity
  • The Master of Go Books · 1950s

    A championship Go match as metaphor for old Japan's passing. Sport as elegy.

    MemoryMigrationFolklore
  • Mob Psycho 100 III Anime · 2020s

    Mob's final arc. Coming of age and letting go of power as metaphor for growing up.

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  • Mob Psycho 100 III Anime