Into the Universe of Technical Images (Paperback, New)

Poised between hope and despair for a humanity facing an urgent communication crisis, this work by Vilem Flusser forecasts either the first truly human, infinitely creative society in history or a society of unbearable, oppressive sameness, locked in a pattern it cannot change. First published in German in 1985 and now available in English for the first time, "Into the Universe of Technical" Images outlines the history of communication technology as a process of increasing abstraction.
Flusser charts how communication evolved from direct interaction with the world to mediation through various technologies. The invention of writing marked one significant shift; the invention of photography marked another, heralding the current age of the technical image. The automation of the processing of technical images carries both promise and threat: the promise of freeing humans to play and invent and the threat for networks of automation to proceed independently of humans.

General

Imprint:	University of Minnesota Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Electronic Mediations
Release date:	February 2011
First published:	February 2011
Authors:	Vilem Flusser
Translators:	Nancy Ann Roth
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8166-7021-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
LSN:	0-8166-7021-8
Barcode:	9780816670215

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