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The Authority of Everyday Objects
"Paul Betts first came to my attention through his pioneering article on the post-1945 Bauhaus myth as a joint German-American venture. This book is a landmark study of cultural continuities and ruptures, institutional realignments, and individual careers that introduces a breath of fresh air into a field of research long staled by received ideas. It demonstrates the rewards of approaching the years from 1933 to 1945 as a revealing window onto the subsequent history of West Germany."—Wolfgang Schivelbusch "The Authority of Everyday Objects is a small gem of the new cultural history. This is a work of striking originality and insight that fits the development of industrial design in postwar...
Introduction to Literary Hermeneutics
Peter Szondi is widely regarded as being among the most distinguished post-war literary critics. This first English edition of one of his most lucid and interesting series of lectures opens up his work in hermeneutics for English-speaking readers. The question of what is involved in understanding a text occupied Biblical and legal scholars long before it became a concern of literary critics. Peter Szondi here traces the development of hermeneutics through examination of the work of eighteenth-century German scholars. Ordinarily treated only as prefigurations of Schleiermacher, the work of Enlightenment theorists Johann Martin Chladenius, George Friedrich Meier, and Friedrich Ast yields valuable insight into the 'material theory' of interpretation, on which a practical interpretive methodology might be built.
The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art
This volume analyzes the representation of disabled and disfigured bodies in contemporary art and its various contexts, from art history to photography to medical displays to the nineteenth- and twentieth-century freak show.
History of Photography
The fourth volume in a history of photography, this is a bibliography of books on the subject.
German Literature, Jewish Critics
Among the Jewish academics and intellectuals expelled from Germany and Austria during the Nazi era were many specialists in German literature. Strangely, their impact on the practice of Germanistik in the United States, England, and Canada has been given little attention. Who were they? Did their vision of German literature and culture differ significantly from that of those who remained in their former homeland? What problems did they face in the American and British academic settings? Above all, how did they help shape German studies in the postwar era? This unique and important symposium, which convened at Brandeis University under the auspices of the its Center for German and European St...
Language in the Brain
A neurocognitive analysis of the form, use and meaning of language, bridging the gap between linguistic and neuroscientific studies.
Photography Theory in Historical Perspective
Photography Theory in Historical Perspective: Case Studies from Contemporary Art aims to contribute to the understanding of the multifaceted and complex character of the photographic medium by dealing with various case studies selected from photographic practices in contemporary art, discussed in the context of views and theories of photography from its inception. uses case studies to explain photographic practices in contemporary art and place them in the context of theory presents current debates on theory of photography through comparisons to research of other visual media applicable to vernacular and documentary photography as well as art photography
Film 1900
Essays examining the relationships between culture, film, and the audience around the turn of the twentieth century. The current digital revolution has sparked a renewed interest in the origins and trajectory of modern media, particularly in the years around 1900 when the technology was rapidly developing. This collection aims to broaden our understanding of early cinema as a significant innovation in media history. Joining traditional scholarship with fresh insights from a variety of disciplines, this book explains the aesthetic and institutional characteristics in early cinema within the context of the contemporary media landscape. It also addresses transcultural developments such as scien...
Sehen und Photographie
Wie sehen wir, was sehen wir? Wir wissen heute, dass das Sehen ein sehr komplexer Prozess von Auge und Gehirn ist und damit stellen sich auch neue Fragen an die Rezeption von Bildern. Bilder haben ihre Eigengesetzlichkeit, sie buhlen um unsere Aufmerksamkeit und unsere Zuwendung. Wann und wie können sie unsere visuelle Wahrnehmung aktivieren ? Die aktualisierte und erweiterte Neuauflage behandelt u.a. die Spiegelneuronen, mit deren Entdeckung die Interaktion von Bild und Betrachter, von Nachempfindung und Emotionen zur Diskussion gestellt werden. Auch unser Verständnis von Kunst wird dadurch beeinflusst. Die Photographie als erstes apparatives Bildmedium – und in der Folge Film, Video, Fernsehen, WWW und digitale Medien - hat unsere Bilderwelt verändert. Die spekulative Parallele zwischen Auge und Kamera, die Bild und Realität gleichsetzt, hat viele Aspekte. Das menschliche Sehen und die Kameraaufzeichnung arbeiten nach unterschiedlichen Strategien und Mechanismen und die Gestaltung und Wirkung von Bildern hängen maßgeblich davon ab. An vielen Bildbeispielen kann getestet werden, was wir sehen und wie wir sehen.
