ISBN:
9783839406816
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (194 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Edition:
Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2007 Electronic reproduction; Mode of access: World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Kultur- und Medientheorie
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Forrest, Tara The politics of imagination
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
791.4375
Keywords:
Kluge, Alexander
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Kracauer, Siegfried
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Benjamin, Walter
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Kluge, Alexander Critique et interprétation
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Kluge, Alexander
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Kracauer, Siegfried Criticism and interpretation
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Kracauer, Siegfried Critique et interprétation
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Kracauer, Siegfried
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Benjamin, Walter
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Benjamin, Walter Criticism and interpretation
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Benjamin, Walter Critique et interprétation
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Kluge, Alexander Criticism and interpretation
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Communication. Mass media
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Benjamin, Walter.
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Kluge, Alexander.
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Kracauer, Siegfried.
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Öffentliche Darbietungen, Film, Rundfunk.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
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Aesthetics
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Alexander Kluge
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Cultural Theory
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Culture
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Film
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Imagination
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Literature
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Media Philosophy
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Media Studies
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Media Theory
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Media
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Siegfried Kracauer
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Walter Benjamin
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
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Benjamin, Walter 1892-1940
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Künste
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Imagination
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Erinnerung
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Kracauer, Siegfried 1889-1966
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Künste
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Imagination
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Erinnerung
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Kluge, Alexander 1932-
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Film
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Imagination
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Erinnerung
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Benjamin, Walter 1892-1940
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Künste
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Imagination
;
Erinnerung
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Kracauer, Siegfried 1889-1966
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Künste
;
Imagination
;
Erinnerung
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Kluge, Alexander 1932-
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Film
;
Imagination
;
Erinnerung
Abstract:
This book explores Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer and Alexander Kluge's analyses of the role that a rejuvenation in the capacity for imagination can play in encouraging us to reconceive the possibilities of the past, the present, and the future outside of the parameters of the status quo. The concept of imagination to which the title of the book refers is not a strictly defined, stable concept, but rather a term which is employed to refer to a capacity that facilitates both an active, creative relationship to one's environment, and a process of mediation between the outside world and one's own experiences and memories. Through a detailed analysis of their engagements with subjects that span a broad range of historical and thematic contexts (including topics as diverse as literature, children's play, film, photography, history, and television) the book charts the extent to which the concept of imagination plays a central role in Benjamin, Kracauer, and Kluge's explorations of a mode of perception and experience which could serve as a catalyst for the creation and sustenance of a desire for a different kind of future.
Description / Table of Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Benjamin, Proust and the Rejuvenating Powers of Memory -- Chapter 2: The Politics of Aura and Imagination in Benjamin’s Writings on Hashish -- Chapter 3: "Reproducibility – Distraction – Politicization" -- Chapter 4: "Film as the Discoverer of the Marvels of Everyday Life": Kracauer and the Promise of Realist Cinema -- Chapter 5: On the Task of a Realist Historiography in Kracauer’s History: The Last Things Before the Last -- Chapter 6: From History’s Rubble: Kluge on Film, History, and Politics -- Chapter 7: Raw Materials for the Imagination: Kluge’s Work for Television -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Other Works Cited -- Acknowledgements.
Note:
open access
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Electronic reproduction; Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English
DOI:
10.1515/9783839406816
DOI:
10.14361/9783839406816
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