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Bergson and the metaphysics of media / Stephen Crocker, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

By: Publication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.Description: vii, 185 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781137324498 :
  • 113732449X :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • B2430.B43 C76 2013
Contents:
Medium as means and obstacle. Methaphysical media: the discrete and the continuous in Deleuze and McLuhan -- One or many planes: the composition of intervals in painting and film -- Sounds complicated: audition as "three-dimensional thought" -- Noise is the presence of the medium -- Killing time. Sychony and diachrony. Instrumental reason and the war on intervals -- Distracted and contemplative time -- Empty, homogenous time/any-moment-whatever -- Man falls down: unanswerable situations. Compormise formations: Bergson's vitalism -- Unanswerable situations -- Conclusion: on failure and wonder.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection B 2430 .B43 C76 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5115403

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medium as means and obstacle. Methaphysical media: the discrete and the continuous in Deleuze and McLuhan -- One or many planes: the composition of intervals in painting and film -- Sounds complicated: audition as "three-dimensional thought" -- Noise is the presence of the medium -- Killing time. Sychony and diachrony. Instrumental reason and the war on intervals -- Distracted and contemplative time -- Empty, homogenous time/any-moment-whatever -- Man falls down: unanswerable situations. Compormise formations: Bergson's vitalism -- Unanswerable situations -- Conclusion: on failure and wonder.

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