02728nam 2200589Ia 450 991045333190332120200520144314.01-281-77624-697866117762441-84150-250-2(CKB)1000000000554767(EBL)361750(OCoLC)437224590(SSID)ssj0000299312(PQKBManifestationID)11237670(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000299312(PQKBWorkID)10237393(PQKB)10806046(MiAaPQ)EBC361750(Au-PeEL)EBL361750(CaPaEBR)ebr10251422(CaONFJC)MIL177624(EXLCZ)99100000000055476720071027d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImage critique & the fall of the Berlin Wall[electronic resource] /Sunil ManghaniBristol, UK ;Chicago Intellect20081 online resource (234 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84150-190-5 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; List of Illustrations; The Fall of the Berlin Wall (...an Imaginary); Before Words...; Chapter 1: On the Sight of the Berlin Wall; Chapter 2: The Problem of Visual Culture; Chapter 3: The End of History?; Chapter 4: Living without an Alternative; Chapter 5: Public Screening: Critical Pictures of the Wall; Afterword: Ecologies of Images, Topologies of Critique; Bibliography; Index; Back CoverTaking the fall of the Berlin Wall as a key marker in recent history - a period in which increasingly we find ourselves watching 'instant history' unfold live on air - the book presents a new critical concept of image critique: a double procedure of both a critique of images and the use of images as a means to engage with our contemporary mediated culture for new critical purposes. A rich array of primary sources are woven together to provide a thorough critique of the recent and lively theoretical debates about visual culture. Topics range from Francis Fukuyama's End of History thesis to metaVisual communicationImage (Philosophy)Electronic books.Visual communication.Image (Philosophy)302.23943/.1552087Manghani Sunil847177MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453331903321Image critique & the fall of the Berlin Wall1892494UNINA