Rabinow Unconsolable Contemporary

Observing Gerhard Richter
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7227-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Paul Rabinow continues his explorations of "a philosophic anthropology of the contemporary" by examining the work of German painter Gerhard Richter. Defining the contemporary as a moving ratio in which the modern becomes historical, Rabinow uses Richter's work to illustrate how meaning is created within the contemporary.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rabinow, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Einzelne Künstler: Biographien, Monografien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Form and Birkenau 1
1. Object: The Contemporary 15
2. Constellations: Writing and Imaging Strife 33
3. Assembling: Abet and Facilitate 65
4. Composition: Techne and Pathos 95
5. Contemporary Consolations: Unconsoled 125
6. Restive Endings 141
Notes 147
Bibliography 159

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Rabinow is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author and editor of numerous books, including Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary, also published by Duke University Press, and, most recently, Modes of Uncertainty: Anthropological Cases.