Writings: Volume 6

by Vilém Flusser

Book Overview

Ten years after his death, Vil m Flusser's reputation as one of Europe's most original modern philosophers continues to grow. Increasingly influential in Europe and Latin America, the Prague-born intellectual's thought has until now remained largely unknown in the English-speaking world. His innovative writings theorize--and ultimately embrace--the epochal shift that humanity is undergoing from what he termed "linear thinking" (based on writing) toward...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081663565X
• ISBN13: 9780816635658
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

New Media Theory

This is a collection of Flusser's writings which touches on the theme of the development of the new media, design and space, which can be read in the context of the philosophy of Heidegger, Deleuze and Levinas. If there is an essential relationship between media and philosophy that is overlooked by many contemporary thinkers, artists and writers today, then this is an excellent text which provides essential insights. The field of New Media Theory and Philosophy is fraught with innumerable pathways and traps. This book offers a safe passage out of labyrinth of thought, without jargon (Adorno) and confirms Flusser to be one of the most important and under-rated media thinker in this century.