The Truth of the Technological World: Essays on the Genealogy of Presence

by Friedrich A. Kittler

Book Overview

Friedrich Kittler (1943-2011) combined the study of literature, cinema, technology, and philosophy in a manner sufficiently novel to be recognized as a new field of academic endeavor in his native Germany. "Media studies," as Kittler conceived it, meant reflecting on how books operate as films, poetry as computer science, and music as military equipment. This volume collects writings from all stages of the author's prolific career. Exemplary essays...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804792542
• ISBN13: 9780804792547
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"