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Operation Valhalla collects eighteen texts by German media theorist
Friedrich Kittler on the close connections between war and media
technology. In these essays, public lectures, interviews, literary
analyses, and autobiographical musings, Kittler outlines how war
has been a central driver of media's evolution, from Prussia's wars
against Napoleon to the so-called War on Terror. Covering an
eclectic array of topics, he charts the intertwined military and
theatrical histories of the searchlight and the stage lamp, traces
the microprocessor's genealogy back to the tank, shows how
rapid-fire guns brought about new standards for optics and
acoustics, and reads Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow to upset
established claims about the relationship between war, technology,
and history in the twentieth century. Throughout, Operation
Valhalla foregrounds the outsize role of war in media history as
well as Kittler's importance as a daring and original thinker.
Operation Valhalla collects eighteen texts by German media theorist
Friedrich Kittler on the close connections between war and media
technology. In these essays, public lectures, interviews, literary
analyses, and autobiographical musings, Kittler outlines how war
has been a central driver of media's evolution, from Prussia's wars
against Napoleon to the so-called War on Terror. Covering an
eclectic array of topics, he charts the intertwined military and
theatrical histories of the searchlight and the stage lamp, traces
the microprocessor's genealogy back to the tank, shows how
rapid-fire guns brought about new standards for optics and
acoustics, and reads Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow to upset
established claims about the relationship between war, technology,
and history in the twentieth century. Throughout, Operation
Valhalla foregrounds the outsize role of war in media history as
well as Kittler's importance as a daring and original thinker.
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