Artificial presence
philosophical studies in image theory
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Author
Publication
2010 - Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif, California
Language
English
Word Count
37,000 words, Guess
Page Count
148 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780804759403
- ISBN-139780804759410
- ISBN-100804759405
- ISBN-100804759413
- Library of Congress Control Number2009018393
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number320353344
- Better World Books9780804759403
- Better World Books9780804759410
- Open LibraryOL23218731M
Classifications
- DDC111/.85
- LCCB105.I47 W5413 2010
- LCCB105
Description
These collected studies on the philosophy of the image offer the fundamental insight that images alone make the artificial presence of things possible. Images present things as exclusively visible, released from the laws of physics. Taking this idea as his point of departure, Wiesing provides an overview of the fundamental positions in contemporary image studies. He describes the use of images as signs from a phenomenological perspective, reconstructs Plato's concept of mimesis by way of the canon of images it presupposes, and demonstrates the special relevance of extreme types of images-- virtual reality, desktop windows, or abstract photography--for the philosophical labor of the concept of the image.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Cultural memory in the present
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