Post-History [electronic resource] / Vilem Flusser ; translated by Rodrigo Maltez Novaes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flusser, Vilâem, 1920-1991.

Contributor:

Zielinski, Siegfried.

Novaes, Rodrigo Maltez.

Series:

Flusser, Vilém, 1920-1991. Flusser Archive collection.

Flusser Archive collection

Univocal

Standardized Title:

Pós-História - Vinte instantâneos e um modo de usar. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--20th century.

Civilization, Modern.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Univocal Publishing, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV><P><BR>In <I>Post-History</I>, Vilém Flusser asks the essential question: Is there any room left for freedom in a programmed world? Written as a series of lectures to be delivered at universities in Brazil, Israel, and France, this first English translation of <I>Post-History</I> brings to an anglophone readership Flusser's first critique of <I>apparatus</I> as the aesthetic, ethical, and epistemological model of present times. <BR></P></DIV>

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Translator's Introduction; User's Manual; The Ground We Tread; Our Sky; Our Program; Our Work; Our Knowledge; Our Health; Our Communication; Our Rhythm; Our Dwelling; Our Shrinking; Our Clothes; Our Images; Our Game; Our Diversion; Our Wait; Our Dread; Our Inebriation; Our School; Our Relations; Return

Notes:

"Translated from Portuguese by Rodrigo Maltez Novaes"--T.p. verso.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-937561-54-2

OCLC:

914706307