Post-History Contributor(s): Flusser, Vilém (Author), Novaes, Rodrigo Maltez (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1937561097 ISBN-13: 9781937561093 Publisher: Univocal Publishing OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
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BISAC Categories: - Philosophy |
LCCN: 2012955097 |
Series: Flusser Archive Collections |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7.5" (0.55 lbs) 170 pages |
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In his main argument, Flusser suggests that our times may be characterized by the term "program," much in the same way that the seventeenth century is loosely characterized by the term "nature," the eighteenth by "reason," and the nineteenth by "progress." In suggesting this shift in worldview, he then poses a provocative question: If I function within a predictable programmed reality, can I rebel and how can I do it? The answer comes swiftly: Only malfunctioning programs and apparatus allow for freedom. Throughout the twenty essays of Post-History, Flusser reminds us that any future theory of political resistance must consider this shift in worldview, together with the horrors that Western society has brought into realization because of it. Only then may we start to talk again about freedom. |