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Operation Valhalla: Writings on War, Weapons, and Media - Couverture rigide

Livre 5 sur 5: a Cultural Politics book

Kittler, Friedrich

 
9781478010715: Operation Valhalla: Writings on War, Weapons, and Media
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ISBN 10 : 1478010711 ISBN 13 : 9781478010715
Editeur : Duke University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Operation Valhalla collects eighteen texts by German media theorist Friedrich Kittler on the close connections between war and media technology. In these essays, public lectures, interviews, literary analyses, and autobiographical musings, Kittler outlines how war has been a central driver of media's evolution, from Prussia's wars against Napoleon to the so-called War on Terror. Covering an eclectic array of topics, he charts the intertwined military and theatrical histories of the searchlight and the stage lamp, traces the microprocessor's genealogy back to the tank, shows how rapid-fire guns brought about new standards for optics and acoustics, and reads Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow to upset established claims about the relationship between war, technology, and history in the twentieth century. Throughout, Operation Valhalla foregrounds the outsize role of war in media history as well as Kittler's importance as a daring and original thinker.

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À propos de l'auteur

Friedrich Kittler (1943-2011) was a Professor of Media Aesthetics and History at Humboldt University in Berlin and the author of numerous books, including Discourse Networks 1800/1900 and Gramophone, Film, Typewriter.

Ilinca Iurascu is Associate Professor of German at the University of British Columbia.

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

Michael Wutz is Rodney H. Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor of English at Weber State University.

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Éditeur
Duke University Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1478010711
ISBN 13 
9781478010715
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
312
Éditeur
Iurascu Ilinca, Winthrop-Young Geoffrey, Wutz Michael
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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