Depictions II

dePICTions volume 2 (2022): U.S. vs. … (Un-)American Crossings and Appropriations Editorial Note How is knowledge ex/im-ported? What happens to knowledge when it lands in

François Cusset (French) Theory: An Anti-American American Invention  If French Theory is American, it is so in the sense of being an errant concept, caught

  Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte American French-ness: The American Appropriation of Contemporary French Philosophy From the early seventies onwards, a variety of philosophical theories produced in

Image: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Chicago Federal Center Mike Grimshaw Towards an Architectural Theology: An Appropriation of Thought Between Tillich and Mies Paul Tillich

Philip Alcabes Sigmund Freud’s America  Freudian thought has been embraced, actuated, and exemplified in contemporary America. This essay explicates four features of the trans-Atlantic instantiation

Image: The Children of the Planet Saturn, Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678) Anxhela Hoxha-Çikopano Albanian Softshoe: Addressing American Issues via the Most Anti-American Country  In 1985,

Judith Ellis Beyond Appropriation: Art Tatum Taps into Infinity  As the tracing of beginnings is a dubious task in the writing of history and the

Image: Stephanie Hayes in Slow Machine Yonca Talu The World Stops When You Find Yourself Engrossed in Another Person’s Story Interview with Paul Felten and