Chapter 1 of "Ways of Seeing" by John Berger (1972)

tclancy

I found the youtube copy of the series to be great - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-4LwAuTw7k

smokel

Interestingly, this is not copyright infringement, or at least not for the text being reproduced here. The original book (1972) mentions "The text of this book is not copyright" [1]. The image reproductions could invite copyright trolls though, so be warned. [1] https://pengpedia.org/edition/ways-of-seeing-john-berger-471...

pmoriarty

> It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world Do blind people not have a place in the surrounding world?

trimethylpurine

Berger had no credentials or education in anthropology or any science whatsoever but invented a whole movement that I think doesn't carry any scientific weight. His reputation is truly undeserved. I think the fact that his work has been largely adopted by media experts, and is taught as dogma in film/media studies course work at the college level should be a strong signal that our ideas as a society about sex and body image are severely distorted and deeply problematic. Not in light of his work but because of it.

jemdiggity

I found Berger's writing pretty hard to digest. But thanks for the inspiration — will try again.