Friedrich Kittler (1943-2011) combined the study of literature,
cinema, technology, and philosophy in a manner sufficiently novel
to be recognized as a new field of academic endeavor in his native
Germany. "Media studies," as Kittler conceived it, meant reflecting
on how books operate as films, poetry as computer science, and
music as military equipment. This volume collects writings from all
stages of the author's prolific career. Exemplary essays illustrate
how matters of form and inscription make heterogeneous source
material (e.g., literary classics and computer design)
interchangeable on the level of function--with far-reaching
consequences for our understanding of the humanities and the "hard
sciences." Rich in counterintuitive propositions, sly humor, and
vast erudition, Kittler's work both challenges the assumptions of
positivistic cultural history and exposes the over-abstraction and
language games of philosophers such as Heidegger and Derrida. The
twenty-three pieces gathered here document the intellectual
itinerary of one of the most original thinkers in recent
times--sometimes baffling, often controversial, and always
stimulating.
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