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The Truth of the Technological World

Essays on the Genealogy of the Present
Edited, with an afterword by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht
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The Truth of the Technological World / Die Wahrheit der technischen Welt
Essays on the Genealogy of the Present
Edited, with an afterword by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht
Few German scholars in the past 50 years have had such a lasting impact on the cultural situation of our time, including its academic institutions, as Friedrich Kittler. It is in large part due to his writings that the radio, the gramophone, and the computer are not just objects of cultural fascination, but also of philosophical reflection.


This volume contains a collection of essays written by Kittler over the course of 40 years which serve as a testament to the enormous breadth,...
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Few German scholars in the past 50 years have had such a lasting impact on the cultural situation of our time, including its academic institutions, as Friedrich Kittler. It is in large part due to his writings that the radio, the gramophone, and the computer are not just objects of cultural fascination, but also of philosophical reflection.


This volume contains a collection of essays written by Kittler over the course of 40 years which serve as a testament to the enormous breadth, intensity, and the singular creativity of his thought.

2013, 432 pages
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Friedrich A. Kittler (1943 – 2011) was professor emeritus for aesthetics at the Humboldt University of Berlin and taught at Yale, Berkeley, Stanford among others.

Friedrich A. Kittler (1943 – 2011) was professor emeritus for aesthetics at the Humboldt University of Berlin and taught at Yale, Berkeley,...


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