Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
reference of "impulse" in a text
What is "this impulse" in the following context? What is it exactly referring to in the text?
Context:
However, fun-poking aside, I cannot help but interpret seriously the prevalence here of city titles in accordance with what Deutsche refers to affirmatively as the ‘present intensity and ubiquity [of the] “urban aesthetic” or “spatial-cultural” discourse’. In other words, whether art in the city or the city in art, or the city as art, I would wish to suggest that the phenomenon of urban living evidently matters more and more both in the art artists endeavour to make and in that which is held to come within the province of art. Not only that, but this impulse is indicative of an important, complex and differentiated conflation of orientations around minimalism, conceptualism, situationism, social practice, the built environment and, ultimately, performance.
Context:
However, fun-poking aside, I cannot help but interpret seriously the prevalence here of city titles in accordance with what Deutsche refers to affirmatively as the ‘present intensity and ubiquity [of the] “urban aesthetic” or “spatial-cultural” discourse’. In other words, whether art in the city or the city in art, or the city as art, I would wish to suggest that the phenomenon of urban living evidently matters more and more both in the art artists endeavour to make and in that which is held to come within the province of art. Not only that, but this impulse is indicative of an important, complex and differentiated conflation of orientations around minimalism, conceptualism, situationism, social practice, the built environment and, ultimately, performance.
Top answer
Ah, the fine art of stringing together as many fancy words as possible in the hope that something resembling a meaning will evetually emerge. Anyway, "impulse" refers to "endeavour". H.
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Ah, the fine art of stringing together as many fancy words as possible in the hope that something resembling a meaning will evetually emerge.
Anyway, "impulse" refers to "endeavour".
H.
Anyway, "impulse" refers to "endeavour".
H.
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It probably refers to the human impulse that the author refers to in: "fun-poking aside."
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1. Does the first sentence of the paragraph mean "taking account of Deutsche's idea, the prevalence of city titles here is a serious thing.
2. Does "fun-poking aside" mean "its entertaining aspect aside"?
3. Is "I would wish to suggest that" equivalent to "I think that" or "I want to show that"?
4. I think that here "impulse" mean something like "phenomenon" or "subject
2. Does "fun-poking aside" mean "its entertaining aspect aside"?
3. Is "I would wish to suggest that" equivalent to "I think that" or "I want to show that"?
4. I think that here "impulse" mean something like "phenomenon" or "subject
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red apple2. Does "fun-poking aside" mean "its entertaining aspect aside"?In the prior text (which you have not conveyed to us) the author was making fun of some situation.
There was a certain amount of humor and opportunity for ridicule, but there were also some core ideas (and a motivation behind those ideas) that should be treated seriously.
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The impulse (drive, motivation) of contemporary artists to produce art which reflects on the "urban aesthetic" or "spatial-cultural discourse."
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