LEADER 02914nam 22004573 450 001 9911009232903321 005 20240828202839.0 010 $a9781804415160 010 $a1804415162 010 $a9781804415153 010 $a1804415154 035 $a(CKB)31636213900041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31290028 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31290028 035 $a(Exl-AI)31290028 035 $a(OCoLC)1432590007 035 $a(EXLCZ)9931636213900041 100 $a20240502d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Postcard's Radical Openness $eA Philosophical Perspective of Its Inception, Impact, and Traits 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBradford :$cEthics International Press Limited,$d2024. 210 4$dİ2024. 215 $a1 online resource (307 pages) 330 $aThe Postcard's Radical Openness offers a groundbreaking exploration of what this multifaceted, double-sided open card entails and how it has affected our being in the world. With a holistic approach, it focuses on studying the postcard's specific way of being and performing, a particular ontology that opens up what is constitutively implicated in such an apparently trivial artifact. The book, organized into four parts, meticulously unveils the postcard's political, technological, aesthetic, and ethical dimensions, ending with a coda correlating the postcard's radical openness to G. Klimt's painting, Nuda Veritas (1899) in reference to the scope of truth. By examining the postcard's complex worldwide history, its socio-cultural significance, and its global effect, the book reveals hidden stories shedding light on its impact on photography, printing, marketing, trade, and business practices and exposes the aesthetic, communicative, and ethical qualities that lie behind the enormous success of postcards at the turn of the 20th century. This comprehensive study is positioned as a thought-provoking invitation to scholars and students interested in material culture, media studies, and human interactions, as well as to history enthusiasts, art lovers, and postcard collectors. Offering a distinctive contribution, the book not only fills a void in the literature but also encourages readers to question and reflect on the transformative power inherent in the postcard's 'radical openness,' presenting a novel and unparalleled analysis of this seemingly trivial yet culturally significant object. 606 $aPostcards$7Generated by AI 606 $aVisual communication$7Generated by AI 615 0$aPostcards 615 0$aVisual communication 700 $aRestrepo$b Mariluz$01825596 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911009232903321 996 $aThe Postcard's Radical Openness$94393469 997 $aUNINA