Friedrich Kittler: An introduction
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A brief description is presented about Friedrich Kittler, arguably one of the most important contemporary German theorists, with reference to his biographical background and the stages of his work. An introduction to Kittler has three aims, namely, to provide an overview for those who are not familiar with his work, to broaden the English reception beyond the confines of media theory, and to introduce articles that deal with a different facet of Kittler's expansive work.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2006
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Implosion and intoxication: Kittler, a German classic, and Pink Floyd
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Certain aspects of Friedrich A. Kittler's work are highlighted through a focus on two specific interpretations or implosions, namely, Goethe's poem, "Wanderer's Nightsong", and Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage", that are similar to his take on Friedrich Schiller's play "Don Carlos". The major aim is to highlight some of the continuities, if not the recurring compulsions, that lie underneath the obvious intervals of Kittler's work.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2006
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Radical post-humanism: Friedrich Kittler and the primacy of technology
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The work of Friedrich Kittler is used to address the ways in which the media technologies support and structure the basis of human existence and understanding. Kittler's media materialism is explored through the information theory of Claude Shannon and Warner Weaver, the media analysis of Marshall McLuhan, the Psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, and Michel Foucault's work on power and discourse.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2005
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