The three essays in Image, written by leading philosophers of
religion, explore the modern power of the visual at the
intersection of the human and the technological. Modern life
is steeped in images, image-making, and attempts to control the
world through vision. Mastery of images has been advanced by
technologies that expand and reshape vision and enable us to
create, store, transmit, and display images. The three essays in
Image, written by leading philosophers of religion Mark C. Taylor,
Mary-Jane Rubenstein, and Thomas A. Carlson, explore the power of
the visual at the intersection of the human and the technological.
Building on Heidegger’s notion that modern humanity aims to
master the world by picturing or representing the real, they
investigate the contemporary culture of the image in its
philosophical, religious, economic, political, imperial, and
military dimensions, challenging the abstraction, anonymity, and
dangerous disconnection of contemporary images. Taylor traces a
history of capitalism, focusing on its lack of humility,
particularly in the face of mortality, and he considers art as a
possible way to reconnect us to the earth. Through a genealogy of
iconic views from space, Rubenstein exposes the delusions of
conquest associated with extraterrestrial travel. Starting with the
pressing issues of surveillance capitalism and facial recognition
technology, Carlson extends Heidegger’s analysis through a
meditation on the telematic elimination of the individual brought
about by totalizing technologies. Together, these essays call for a
consideration of how we can act responsibly toward the past in a
way that preserves the earth for future generations. Attending to
the fragility of material things and to our own mortality, they
propose new practices of imagination grounded in love and humility.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
TRIOS |
| Release date: |
September 2021 |
| Authors: |
Mark C Taylor
• Mary-Jane Rubenstein
• Thomas A. Carlson
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
240 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-78214-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-226-78214-X |
| Barcode: |
9780226782140 |
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