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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459723103321

Autore

Flusser Vilém <1920-1991.>

Titolo

Into the universe of technical images [[electronic resource] /] / Vilém Flusser ; introduction by Mark Poster ; translated by Nancy Ann Roth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2011

ISBN

1-4529-4723-6

0-8166-7696-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Electronic mediations ; ; v. 32

Altri autori (Persone)

PosterMark

RothNancy Ann

Disciplina

770.1

Soggetti

Photography - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Ins Universum der technischen Bilder.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; An Introduction to Vilém Flusser's Into the Universe of Technical Images and Does Writing Have a Future? Mark Poster; Into the Universe of Technical Images; Warning; To Abstract; To Imagine; To Make Concrete; To Touch; To Envision; To Signify; To Interact; To Scatter; To Instruct; To Discuss; To Play; To Create; To Prepare; To Decide; To Govern; To Shrink; To Suffer; To Celebrate; Chamber Music; Summary; Translator's Afterword and Acknowledgments; Translator's Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Poised between hope and despair for a humanity facing an urgent communication crisis, this work by VilTm Flusser forecasts either the first truly human, infinitely creative society in history or a society of unbearable, oppressive sameness, locked in a pattern it cannot change. First published in German in 1985 and now available in English for the first time, Into the Universe of Technical Images outlines the history of communication technology as a process of increasing abstraction. Flusser charts how communication evolved from direct interaction with the world to mediation through various te