Towards a Philosophy of Photography

Name: Towards a Philosophy of Photography
Brand: NewSouth Books
SKU: 9781861890764
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By Vilm Flusser and Vilem Flusser and Vilém Flusser

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Towards a Philosophy of Photography delves into Vilem Flusser's insightful exploration of photography as a medium. The book analyses photography through the lenses of aesthetics, science, and politics, revealing how it illuminates cultural crises and emerging social forms. Flusser connects the shift from textual to visual culture with the broader transformation from industrial to post-industrial society, showing photography as a key to understanding these profound changes.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in photography, cultural theory, and the intersections of visual media with societal change.

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.

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This text examines Vilem Flusser's philosophy of 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 and of industrial into post-industrial society went hand in hand, and how photography allows us to read and interpret these changes with particular clarity.

Towards a Philosophy of Photography offers a compelling insight into these dynamics, shedding light on the complex interplay between images, society, and technology.

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Lindsay Smith from The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Studies describes the book as a "relatively little-known but significant text," highlighting its importance within cultural criticism.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781861890764

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2000

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Reaktion Books

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 120.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 96

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Vilem Flusser Vilm Flusser Vilém Flusser

About the Author

Vilem Flusser was born in Prague in 1920. After emigrating to Brazil and then to France, he embarked on an influential career as a lecturer and writer on language, design and communication. He died in 1991. Also available from Reaktion by Vilem Flusser is The Shape of Things: A Philosophy of Design.