{"id":128,"date":"2019-05-17T17:31:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T17:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2019-05-18T01:08:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T01:08:50","slug":"aura-on-fire-a-marxist-examination-of-the-calls-to-rebuild-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/projects\/aura-on-fire-a-marxist-examination-of-the-calls-to-rebuild-notre-dame\/","title":{"rendered":"A Marxist Examination of the Notre Dame Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-128\" data-postid=\"128\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-128 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_e6xu898 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full   tb_ec9y000 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module menu -->\n<div  class=\"module module-menu tb_smny080  mobile-menu-slide\" data-menu-style=\"mobile-menu-slide\" data-menu-breakpoint=\"0\" data-element-id=\"tb_smny080\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">Jordan Miller<\/h3>\t\n\t<div class=\"module-menu-container\"><ul id=\"menu-a-marxist-examination-of-the-notre-dame-fire\" class=\"ui tf_clearfix nav tf_rel menu-bar default\"><li id=\"menu-item-329\" class=\"menu-item-page-128 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-329\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/projects\/aura-on-fire-a-marxist-examination-of-the-calls-to-rebuild-notre-dame\/\">The Notre Dame Fire<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-327\" class=\"menu-item-page-316 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-327\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/rebuilding-a-cathedral-or-reconstructing-aura\/\">Rebuilding Notre Dame<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-328\" class=\"menu-item-page-136 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-328\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/tragedy-as-opportunity-donation-as-investment\/\">Donations to Rebuild Notre Dame<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-326\" class=\"menu-item-page-140 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-326\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/social-media-forming-social-consciousness\/\">Social Media Response<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-390\" class=\"menu-item-page-384 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-390\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/sources\/\">Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t.mobile-menu-module[data-module=\"tb_smny080\"]{\n\t\t\t\tright:-300px\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module menu -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ek9b600   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>This project is a Marxist critique of the desire to rebuild Notre Dame.<\/p><p>However, each page serves its own purpose. The page you are currently on (\\&#8221;The Notre Dame Fire\\&#8221;) offers background information on the Notre Dame fire and President Macron\\&#8217;s statements immediately following its extinguishment. The \\&#8221;Rebuilding Notre Dame\\&#8221; page examines what drives the desire to rebuild the cathedral and whether such a task is worthwhile, using Walter Benjamin\\&#8217;s discussion of aura and Guy DeBord\\&#8217;s theory that society has begun to emphasize spectacle over reality. The \\&#8221;Donations to Rebuild Notre Dame\\&#8221; page postulates how some of the wealthy choose which causes they support and that, when doing so, the possibility to make a profit strongly influences their philanthropy. The \\&#8221;Social Media Response\\&#8221; page examines the backlash against the donations to rebuild Notre Dame and how social media more generally can act as a tool of the proletariot class. On these two pages concerning the donations to the Notre Dame Cathedral, both galleries contain clickable images if you want to increase their size.\u00a0<\/p><p>Although each page largely stands on its own, the project flows most smoothly in the order described above.\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div><!-- .tb-column-inner -->\n                            <\/div><!-- .module_column -->\n            \t    <\/div><!-- .row_inner -->\n\t<\/div><!-- .module_row -->\n\t\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_9d8e008 tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full   tb_hxxr080 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module video -->\n<div  class=\"module module-video tb_s0vi077 video-top  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-wrap-outer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video-wrap tf_rel tf_overflow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript><iframe data-no-script src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iQrmJqt8mlM?pip=1&playsinline=1&autohide=1&border=0&wmode=opaque\" allow=\"accelerometer;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;fullscreen\" class=\"tf_abs tf_w tf_h\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/video-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- \/video-wrap-outer -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .tb-column-inner -->\n                            <\/div><!-- .module_column -->\n            \t    <\/div><!-- .row_inner -->\n\t<\/div><!-- .module_row -->\n\t\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ztsw007 tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full   tb_3gpk060 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_c569787   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">Background Information<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>The Notre Dame Cathedral caught on fire on April 15, 2019. Within a matter of hours, flames covered a significant portion of the cathedral. After firefighters had extinguished the fire, it became clear that substantial damage had been done to Notre Dame, with some sections of the cathedral completely destroyed. President Macron immediately tweeted that the French people would rebuild Notre Dame, stating that it was the destiny of France to do so.<\/p><p>And indeed, this was surely the expected response from President Macron and the French government: a promise to rebuild Notre Dame. In an address to the nation the Monday following the fire, President Macron claimed that the cathedral \u201cis the place where we have lived all of our great moments, the epicenter of our lives\u2026It is the cathedral of all the French.\u201d President Macron did not refer to the cathedral as if it were destroyed; he did not assert that Notre Dame \u201cwas\u201d the cathedral of all of France but, rather, that it currently is. Even with significant portions of the cathedral effectively destroyed by the fire, it still somehow exists as it did in the past according to President Macron, perhaps with the promise of a rebuilding. This new cathedral, however, will not be the same cathedral that existed prior to the fire and may even look drastically different than this previous cathedral, as the architecture and appearance of this new Notre Dame are currently being debated. This new cathedral will be a 21<sup>st<\/sup> century construction. However, it will surely exist in the minds of many as simply \u201cNotre Dame\u201d and as a representation of the history of Notre Dame and, by extension, Paris and France.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div><!-- .tb-column-inner -->\n                            <\/div><!-- .module_column -->\n            \t    <\/div><!-- .row_inner -->\n\t<\/div><!-- .module_row -->\n\t\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_b51u008 tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full   tb_w4pp989 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module menu -->\n<div  class=\"module module-menu tb_tv2i008  mobile-menu-slide\" data-menu-style=\"mobile-menu-slide\" data-menu-breakpoint=\"0\" data-element-id=\"tb_tv2i008\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \t\n\t<div class=\"module-menu-container\"><ul id=\"menu-a-marxist-examination-of-the-notre-dame-fire-1\" class=\"ui tf_clearfix nav tf_rel menu-bar default\"><li class=\"menu-item-page-128 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-329\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/projects\/aura-on-fire-a-marxist-examination-of-the-calls-to-rebuild-notre-dame\/\">The Notre Dame Fire<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item-page-316 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-327\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/rebuilding-a-cathedral-or-reconstructing-aura\/\">Rebuilding Notre Dame<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item-page-136 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-328\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/tragedy-as-opportunity-donation-as-investment\/\">Donations to Rebuild Notre Dame<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item-page-140 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-326\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/social-media-forming-social-consciousness\/\">Social Media Response<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item-page-384 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-390\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/sources\/\">Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t.mobile-menu-module[data-module=\"tb_tv2i008\"]{\n\t\t\t\tright:-300px\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module menu -->\n                    <\/div><!-- .tb-column-inner -->\n                            <\/div><!-- .module_column -->\n            \t    <\/div><!-- .row_inner -->\n\t<\/div><!-- .module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Miller The Notre Dame Fire Rebuilding Notre Dame Donations to Rebuild Notre Dame Social Media Response Sources This project is a Marxist critique of the desire to rebuild Notre Dame. However, each page serves its own purpose. The page you are currently on (\\&#8221;The Notre Dame Fire\\&#8221;) offers background information on the Notre Dame [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7944,"featured_media":0,"parent":78,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"builder_content":"<h3>Jordan Miller<\/h3> <ul id=\"menu-a-marxist-examination-of-the-notre-dame-fire-2\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/projects\/aura-on-fire-a-marxist-examination-of-the-calls-to-rebuild-notre-dame\/\">The Notre Dame Fire<\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/rebuilding-a-cathedral-or-reconstructing-aura\/\">Rebuilding Notre Dame<\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/tragedy-as-opportunity-donation-as-investment\/\">Donations to Rebuild Notre Dame<\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/social-media-forming-social-consciousness\/\">Social Media Response<\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/sources\/\">Sources<\/a><\/li> <\/ul>\n<p>This project is a Marxist critique of the desire to rebuild Notre Dame.<\/p><p>However, each page serves its own purpose. The page you are currently on (\\\"The Notre Dame Fire\\\") offers background information on the Notre Dame fire and President Macron\\'s statements immediately following its extinguishment. The \\\"Rebuilding Notre Dame\\\" page examines what drives the desire to rebuild the cathedral and whether such a task is worthwhile, using Walter Benjamin\\'s discussion of aura and Guy DeBord\\'s theory that society has begun to emphasize spectacle over reality. The \\\"Donations to Rebuild Notre Dame\\\" page postulates how some of the wealthy choose which causes they support and that, when doing so, the possibility to make a profit strongly influences their philanthropy. The \\\"Social Media Response\\\" page examines the backlash against the donations to rebuild Notre Dame and how social media more generally can act as a tool of the proletariot class. On these two pages concerning the donations to the Notre Dame Cathedral, both galleries contain clickable images if you want to increase their size.\u00a0<\/p><p>Although each page largely stands on its own, the project flows most smoothly in the order described above.\u00a0<\/p>\n<noscript><iframe data-no-script src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iQrmJqt8mlM?pip=1&playsinline=1&autohide=1&border=0&wmode=opaque\" allow=\"accelerometer;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<h3>Background Information<\/h3> <p>The Notre Dame Cathedral caught on fire on April 15, 2019. Within a matter of hours, flames covered a significant portion of the cathedral. After firefighters had extinguished the fire, it became clear that substantial damage had been done to Notre Dame, with some sections of the cathedral completely destroyed. President Macron immediately tweeted that the French people would rebuild Notre Dame, stating that it was the destiny of France to do so.<\/p><p>And indeed, this was surely the expected response from President Macron and the French government: a promise to rebuild Notre Dame. In an address to the nation the Monday following the fire, President Macron claimed that the cathedral \u201cis the place where we have lived all of our great moments, the epicenter of our lives\u2026It is the cathedral of all the French.\u201d President Macron did not refer to the cathedral as if it were destroyed; he did not assert that Notre Dame \u201cwas\u201d the cathedral of all of France but, rather, that it currently is. Even with significant portions of the cathedral effectively destroyed by the fire, it still somehow exists as it did in the past according to President Macron, perhaps with the promise of a rebuilding. This new cathedral, however, will not be the same cathedral that existed prior to the fire and may even look drastically different than this previous cathedral, as the architecture and appearance of this new Notre Dame are currently being debated. This new cathedral will be a 21<sup>st<\/sup> century construction. However, it will surely exist in the minds of many as simply \u201cNotre Dame\u201d and as a representation of the history of Notre Dame and, by extension, Paris and France.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"menu-a-marxist-examination-of-the-notre-dame-fire-3\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/projects\/aura-on-fire-a-marxist-examination-of-the-calls-to-rebuild-notre-dame\/\">The Notre Dame Fire<\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/rebuilding-a-cathedral-or-reconstructing-aura\/\">Rebuilding Notre Dame<\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/tragedy-as-opportunity-donation-as-investment\/\">Donations to Rebuild Notre Dame<\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/social-media-forming-social-consciousness\/\">Social Media Response<\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/sources\/\">Sources<\/a><\/li> <\/ul>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7944"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/383"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/pl314-spring19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}