{"product_id":"into-immaterial-culture-paperback","title":"Into Immaterial Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVilem Flusser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRodrigo Maltez Novaes\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRodrigo Maltez Novaes\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs the alphabet about to disappear? How will we communicate without it? Are there any indications of new, emergent codes? Is human communication going through a mutation? These are only some of the provocative questions posed by Vil m Flusser in \u003cem\u003eInto Immaterial Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe four essays of this book were delivered as a series of lectures at the School of Communication and the Arts of the University of S o Paulo in August of 1986, one year after the publication of the first Brazilian edition of\u003cem\u003e Towards a Philosophy of Photography\u003c\/em\u003e, published as \u003cem\u003eA Filosofia da Caixa Preta\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough these four short essays, Flusser presents, in a nutshell, his communications theory. Their style is condensed, with a series of quick-fire sentences, which are best read in conjunction with his major works of the same period. However, for a fist time reader of his work, these four lectures are a good introduction to some of Flusser's polemic and provocative concepts regarding human communication, its future, and its ethical, aesthetic, and epistemological implications; a vision that is paradoxically utopian and dystopian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 46\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42721728331839,"sku":"9780993327209","price":12.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d4a38256cf0716267c5f769352509e8a.webp?v=1765093375","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/into-immaterial-culture-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}