Videophilosophy : The Perception of Time in Post-Fordism / Maurizio Lazzarato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lazzarato, M. (Maurizio), Author.

Contributor:

Hetrick, Jay.

Series:

Columbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts.

Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts

Standardized Title:

Videofilosofia. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941.

Bergson, Henri.

Aesthetics--Political aspects.

Aesthetics.

Time perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Italian philosopher Maurizio Lazzarato has earned international acclaim for his analysis of contemporary capitalism, in particular his influential concept of immaterial labor and his perceptive writings on debt. In Videophilosophy, he reveals the underpinnings of contemporary subjectivity in the aesthetics and politics of mass media. First written in French and published in Italian and later revised but never published in full, this book discloses the conceptual groundwork of Lazzarato's thought as a whole for a time when his writings have become increasingly influential.Drawing on Bergson, Nietzsche, Benjamin, Deleuze and Guattari, and the film theory and practice of Dziga Vertov, Lazzarato constructs a new philosophy of media that ties political economy to the politics of aesthetics. Through his concept of "machines that crystallize time," he argues that the proliferation of digital technologies over the past half-century marks the transition to a new mode of capitalist production characterized by unprecedented forms of subjection. This new era of the commodification of the self, Lazzarato declares, demands novel types of political action that challenge the commercialization and exploitation of time. This crucial text by an essential contemporary thinker offers vital new perspectives on aesthetics, politics, and media and critical theory.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LAZZARATO'S POLITICAL ONTO- AESTHETICS

INTRODUCTION

1. THE WAR MACHINE OF THE KINO- EYE AND THE KINOKI AGAINST THE SPECTACLE

2. BERGSON AND MACHINES THAT CRYSTALLIZE TIME

3. VIDEO, FLOWS, AND REAL TIME

4. BERGSON AND SYNTHETIC IMAGES

5. NIETZSCHE AND TECHNOLOGIES OF SIMULATION

6. THE ECONOMY OF AFFECTIVE FORCES

7. THE CONCEPT OF COLLECTIVE PERCEPTION

AFTERWORD Videophilosophy Now- an Interview with Maurizio Lazzarato

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780231540162

0231540167

OCLC:

1083592305