Wolfgang Ernst

Chronopoetics (eBook, PDF)

The Temporal Being and Operativity of Technological Media
Übersetzer: Enns, Anthony

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Wolfgang Ernst has demonstrated that the knowledge of time-giving ('chrono-poetical') media and their temporal essence enriches the tradition of philosophical inquiry into the nature of 'time'. This book, a translated and abridged edition of Ernst's two major volumes, Chronopoetik and Gleichursprünglichkeit, undertakes this on three levels: a close analysis of time-critical moments within media technologies; descriptions of how media temporalities affect and disrupt the traditional human sense of time; and questioning the traditional position of media time within cultural history. The book brings together two fields of inquiry: the technological analysis of media time processes and the venerable tradition of philosophical inquiry into the nature of time. Ernst argues that the scientific inquiry into the nature of time is enriched by the media-technological context. The book exposes a media theoretical approach to contemporary media culture that derives from the combination of philosophical reflection on the essence of technology and a close analysis of technological devices themselves. Ultimately Ernst addresses a fundamental concern of past, contemporary and future media culture: the position of technology in culture under the focused perspective of its tempor(e)alities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216235910
• Artikelnr.: 75137689

Autorenporträt

Wolfgang Ernst (born 1959) is a German cultural and media historian. Educated at the universities of Köln, London, and Bochum, he is Professor for Media Theory and Media Studies at Humboldt Universität. His works include _Das Rumoren der Archive. Ordnung aus Unordnung_ (2002), _Im Namen von Geschichte. Sammeln - Speichern - (Er-)Zählen_ (2003_, _Das Gesetz des Gedächtnisses. Medien und Archive am Ende (des 20. Jahrhunderts)_ (2007), and _Gleichursprünglichkeit. Zeitwesen und Zeitgegebenheit technischer Medien_, and _Chronopoetik. Zeitweisen und Zeitgaben technischer Medien_ (both 2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Preface to the Focused English Edition
1. Introducing "Time-Critical Media Processes"
Part I: Electrotechnical Microtemporalities
2. Signal Transmission and Delay
3. Generating Time by Technical Measuring
4. The Computer as Time-Critical Medium
Part II: Media-Induced Disruptions of the Human Perception of Time
5. Experiencing Time as Sound: Recorded Voices, Magnetic Tapes
6. A Close Reading of the Electronic "Time Image"
7. The Media Timing of Non-Linear Communication
Part III: Re-Thinking "Media Historiography"
8. The Heterochronic Being-in-Time of Technical Media
9. Equitempor(e)alities in Media Knowledge
Bibliography
Index