Jul 17, 2010

Taking Pictures with Negative Contrast: Edward Schillebeeckx, Critical Remembrance and Policy Analysis As Practical Reason

by Dr. Jude Chua, FBCap
Editor, Working Paper Series of Peace Studies

Experiences of negative contrast result from the normative judgments of the natural law. Such cognition of the normative judgments of the natural law can be aided by the practice of “photography with caption”, which involves capturing on film images of negativities and supplying a commentary or caption to help viewers focus on the negativities. Such photographs can serve as a form of narrative stimuli leading to critical historical remembrance that is based on the negative experience of contrast.

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Peace Studies, Working Papers Series

2 Responses to “Taking Pictures with Negative Contrast: Edward Schillebeeckx, Critical Remembrance and Policy Analysis As Practical Reason”

  1. Jude Chua says:
    October 12, 2010 at 8:15 am

    A revised version of this paper has been published as “Taking Pictures With Negative Contras: Edward Schillebeeckx, Critical Remembrance and Policy Analysis as Practical Reason” in Thomas Instituut Jaarboek 2009, H. Schoot (ed.), Netherlands: Thomas Instituut te Utrecht, Tilburg University / Belgium: Peeters Orientaliste, pp. 81-101

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