| Mapping Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Digital Age Contributor(s): Gumbrecht, Hans Ulrich (Editor), Marrinan, Michael J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 080474436X ISBN-13: 9780804744362 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: " Mapping Benjamin not only distinguishes itself in format, scope, and tone from the mass of Benjamin books published each year, it provides an up-to-date snapshot of the humanities. This lucidly written book uses Benjamin to chart the parameters of a force field of contemporary intellectual efforts, across disciplines and other divides." -- Eva Geulen, New York University |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 111.85 |
| LCCN: 2003009916 |
| Series: Writing Science |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.08" W x 9.12" (1.08 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since its publication in 1936, Walter Benjamin's "Artwork" essay has become a canonical text about the status and place of the fine arts in modern mass culture. Benjamin was especially concerned with the ability of new technologies--notably film, sound recording, and photography--to reproduce works of art in great number. Benjamin could not have foreseen the explosion of imagery and media that has occurred during the past fifty years. Does Benjamin's famous essay still speak to this new situation? That is the question posed by the editors of this book to a wide range of leading scholars and thinkers across a spectrum of disciplines in the humanities. The essays gathered here do not hazard a univocal reply to that question; rather they offer a rich, wide-ranging critique of Benjamin's position that refracts and reflects contemporary thinking about the ethical, political, and aesthetic implications of life in the digital age. |