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Dividuations—of the Film, of the Human Subject

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The sound is there first. Distorted and ambiguous radio noises, as though someone is searching for the right channel, mark the start of the film, the soundtrack for the opening credits, inducing a diffuse, animated atmosphere heralding busyness. With the first images, we enter a theater space.

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    Étienne Balibar also locates the beginning of “individualism” in the early nineteenth century (cf. Balibar 2014, p. 68).

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Ott, M. (2019). Dividuations—of the Film, of the Human Subject. In: Friedrich, L., Harrasser, K., Kaiser, C. (eds) Scenographies of the Subject. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12906-4_11

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