Writings / / Vilem Flusser ; Andreas Strohl, editor ; translated by Erik Eisel

• Autore: Flusser Vilém <1920-1991.>
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 193
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy; Communication - Philosophy
• Altri autori: StröhlAndreas EiselErik
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-218) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: What is communication? -- On the theory of communication -- Line and surface -- The codified world -- Criteria--crisis--criticism -- Habit : the true aesthetic criterion -- Betrayal -- The future of writing -- Images in the new media -- On the crisis of our models -- Change of paradigms -- Taking up residence in homelessness -- Exile and creativity -- A new imagination -- Mythical, historical, and posthistorical existence -- Photography and history -- A historiography revised -- The vanity of history -- On the end of history -- Waiting for Kafka -- Orders of magnitude and humanism -- Celebrating -- Designing cities -- Humanizations -- Essays -- In search of meaning (philosophical self-portrait).
• Sommario/riassunto: Ten years after his death, Vilém Flusser's reputation as one of Europe's most original modern philosophers continues to grow. Increasingly influential in Europe and Latin America, the Prague-born intellectual's thought has until now remained largely unknown in the English-speaking world. His innovative writings theorize-and ultimately embrace-the epochal shift that humanity is undergoing from what he termed ""linear thinking"" (based on writing) toward a new form of multidimensional, visual thinking embodied by digital culture. For Flusser, these new modes and technologies of communicatio
• Titolo autorizzato: Writings
• ISBN: 0-8166-9151-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966587303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Electronic mediations ; ; v. 6.