Kittler and the Media

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7456-4405-9
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Reihe: TM - Theory and Media

With books such as Discourse Networks and Gramophone, Film, Typewriter and the collection Literature, Media, Information Systems, Friedrich Kittler has established himself as one of the world's most influential media theorists. He is also one of the most controversial and misunderstood.

Kittler and the Media offers students of media theory an introduction to Kittler's basic ideas. Following an introduction that situates Kittler's work against the tumultuous background of German 20th-century history (from the Second World War and the cultural upheaval of the late 1960s to reunification), the book provides succinct summaries of Kittler's early discourse-analytical work inspired by French post-structuralism, his media-related theorising and his most recent writings on cultural techniques and the notation systems of Ancient Greece.

This clear and engaging overview of a fascinating theorist will be welcomed by students and scholars alike of media, communication and cultural studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Winthrop-Young, Geoffrey

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.

Chapter I Background-Biography and Beyond.

Chapter II Discourse Analysis.

Chapter III Media Theory.

Chapter IV Greek Cultural Techniques.

Chapter V Controversial Achievements.

Further Reading.

Works Cited.

Über Autor(innen)

Geoffrey Winthrop-Young is Professor of German at the University of British Columbia.