Into the universe of technical images / Vilém Flusser ; introduction by Mark Poster ; translated by Nancy Ann Roth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flusser, Vilém, 1920-1991.

Contributor:

Poster, Mark.

Roth, Nancy Ann.

Series:

Electronic mediations ; v. 32.

Electronic mediations ; v. 32

Standardized Title:

Ins Universum der technischen Bilder. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Philosophy.

Photography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

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

Notes:

Translation of: Ins Universum der technischen Bilder.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781452947235

1452947236

9780816676965

0816676968

OCLC:

711004310