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Towards a philosophy of photography / Vilém Flusser.

By: Language: English Original language: German Publication details: London : Reaktion, 2000.Description: 94 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781861890764 (pbk.) :
  • 1861890761 (pbk.) :
Uniform titles:
  • Für eine Philosophie der Fotografie. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TR183 .F5813 2000
Contents:
Image -- Technical image -- Apparatus -- Gesture of photography -- Photograph -- Distribution of photographs -- Reception of photographs -- Photographic universe -- Why a philosophy of photography is necessary -- Lexicon of basic concepts -- Afterword / Hubertus von Amelunxen.
Review: "Media philosopher Vilem Flusser proposed a revolutionary new way of thinking about photography. An analysis of the medium in terms of aesthetics, science and politics provided him with new ways of understanding both the cultural crises of the past and the new social forms nascent within them. Flusser showed how the transformation of textual into visual culture (from the linearity of history into the two-dimensionality of magic) and of industrial into post-industrial society (from work into leisure) went hand in hand, and how photography allows us to read and interpret these changes with particular clarity."--BOOK JACKET.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection TR 183 .F5813 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5086177

Translated from the German.

Image -- Technical image -- Apparatus -- Gesture of photography -- Photograph -- Distribution of photographs -- Reception of photographs -- Photographic universe -- Why a philosophy of photography is necessary -- Lexicon of basic concepts -- Afterword / Hubertus von Amelunxen.

"Media philosopher Vilem Flusser proposed a revolutionary new way of thinking about photography. An analysis of the medium in terms of aesthetics, science and politics provided him with new ways of understanding both the cultural crises of the past and the new social forms nascent within them. Flusser showed how the transformation of textual into visual culture (from the linearity of history into the two-dimensionality of magic) and of industrial into post-industrial society (from work into leisure) went hand in hand, and how photography allows us to read and interpret these changes with particular clarity."--BOOK JACKET.

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