About this title: Although the body has been the focus of much contemporary cultural theory, the models that are typically applied neglect the most salient characteristics of embodied existence-movement, affect, and sensation-in favor of concepts derived from linguistic theory. In "Parables for the Virtual" Brian Massumi views the body and media such as television, film, and the Internet, as cultural formations that operate on multiple registers of sensation beyond the reach of the reading techniques founded on the standard rhetorical and semiotic models. Renewing and assessing William James' radical ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Duke Univ Pr
Date Published: 2002-06-01
ISBN-13:9780822328971ISBN:0822328976
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Publisher: Duke University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780822328971ISBN:0822328976
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Publisher: DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780822328971ISBN:0822328976
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 328 pages. (328 pages) links a cultural logic of variation to questions of movement and affect. this book attempts to replace the opposition of literal and figural with distinctions between stasis and motion, and actual and virtual. it tackles theoretical issues by applying them to cultural mediums. it is intended for students of cultural studies and cognitive science. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780822328971ISBN:0822328976
Description: New. Links a cultural logic of variation to questions of movement and affect. This book attempts to replace the opposition of literal and figural with distinctions between stasis and motion, and actual and virtual. It tackles theoretical issues by applying... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Duke Univ Pr
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780822328971ISBN:0822328976
Description: New. "It is not enough to describe Massumi's book as a brilliant achievement. Seldom do we see a political thinker develop his or her ideas with such scrupulous attention to everyday human existence, creating a marvelously fluid architecture of thought ar... read more
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