Writings
by Flusser, VilemFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-10-15
Publisher(s): Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Summary
A number of essays gathered here introduce and elaborate Flusser's theory of communication. While taking dystopian, posthuman visions of communication technologies into account, Flusser celebrates their liberatory and humanizing aspects. Other essays present Flusser's thoughts on the future of writing, the revolutionary nature of photography, and his unconventional concept of posthistory. Taken together, these essays confirm Flusser's importance and prescience within contemporary philosophy.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | vii | ||||
| Introduction | |||||
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ix | ||||
| What Is Communication? | 3 | (5) | |||
| On the Theory of Communication | 8 | (13) | |||
| Line and Surface | 21 | (14) | |||
| The Codified World | 35 | (7) | |||
| Criteria-Crisis-Criticism | 42 | (9) | |||
| Habit: The True Aesthetic Criterion | 51 | (7) | |||
| Betrayal | 58 | (5) | |||
| The Future of Writing | 63 | (7) | |||
| Images in the New Media | 70 | (5) | |||
| On the Crisis of Our Models | 75 | (10) | |||
| Change of Paradigms | 85 | (6) | |||
| Taking Up Residence in Homelessness | 91 | (13) | |||
| Exile and Creativity | 104 | (6) | |||
| A New Imagination | 110 | (7) | |||
| Mythical, Historical, and Posthistorical Existence | 117 | (9) | |||
| Photography and History | 126 | (6) | |||
| A Historiography Revised | 132 | (6) | |||
| The Vanity of History | 138 | (5) | |||
| On the End of History | 143 | (7) | |||
| Waiting for Kafka | 150 | (10) | |||
| Orders of Magnitude and Humanism | 160 | (5) | |||
| Celebrating | 165 | (7) | |||
| Designing Cities | 172 | (9) | |||
| Humanizations | 181 | (11) | |||
| Essays | 192 | (5) | |||
| In Search of Meaning (Philosophical Self-portrait) | 197 | (12) | |||
| Selected Bibliography | 209 | (10) | |||
| Copyright and Original Publication Information | 219 | (8) | |||
| Index | 227 |
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