Bergson and the Metaphysics of Media

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

Av S. Crocker, Stephen Crocker

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What is a medium? Why is there always a middle? Can media produce 'immediacy'? Henri Bergson recognized mediation as the central philosophical problem of modernity. This book traces his influence on the 'media philosophies' of Gilles Deleuze, Marshall McLuhan, Walter Benjamin and Michel Serres.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-10-18
Mått140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt360 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor185
Upplaga2013
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137324498

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Introduction Any Moment Whatever: Elaborating Bergson's Ideas PART I: THE MEDIUM AS MEANS AND OBSTACLE 1. Metaphysical Media: The Discreet and the Continuous in Deleuze and McLuhan 2. One or Many Planes: The Evolution of Intervals in Painting and Film 3. Sounds Complicated: Audition and `Three Dimensional Thought' 4. Noise is the Presence of the Medium PART II: KILLING TIME: SYNCHRONY AND DIACHRONY 5. Instrumental Reason and the War on Intervals 6. Distracted and Contemplative Time 7. Empty, Homogenous Time/Any Moment Whatever PART III: MAN FALLS DOWN: UNANSWERABLE SITUATIONS 8. Compromise Formations: Bergson's Vitalism 9. Unanswerable Situations 10. Interrupted Gestures Conclusion: On Failure and Wonder Notes References Cited