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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Lechte (Macquarie University, Australia)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.294kg ISBN: 9781138813892ISBN 10: 1138813893 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 03 July 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: ‘Genealogy’, ‘Ontology’, ‘Western Image’ and the ‘Digital’ Part 1:Genealogy and Ontology (Paradigms) 1. The Image in Plato and the Greek World 2. The Byzantine Image 3. The Renaissance Image 4. Transparency and Opacity: The Image in Rousseau, Diderot, Hume and Kant 5. The Industrial Image Part 2:The Image in Photography and Cinema and its Digital Future 6. Some Fallacies and Truths Concerning the Image in Old and New Media 7. Barthes and Benjamin on the Photographic Image and Time 8. The Image and Beauty in Relation to Visual Digital Art 9. The Time-ImageReviews`Setting himself an ambitious task, John Lechte has strategically compressed the ontology of what he calls `the western image' into this reasonably small book. And, as might be expected, substantial terrain is covered in order to arrive at the image's digital future.' - Mark Guglielmetti, Philosophy of Photography 'Setting himself an ambitious task, John Lechte has strategically compressed the ontology of what he calls 'the western image' into this reasonably small book. And, as might be expected, substantial terrain is covered in order to arrive at the image's digital future.' - Mark Guglielmetti, Philosophy of Photography ‘Setting himself an ambitious task, John Lechte has strategically compressed the ontology of what he calls ‘the western image’ into this reasonably small book. And, as might be expected, substantial terrain is covered in order to arrive at the image’s digital future.’– Mark Guglielmetti, Philosophy of Photography Author InformationJohn Lechte is professor in Sociology at Macquarie University, Sydney, where he teaches and researches in social and European cultural theory. He has published widely on issues relating to the image and the arts and is well known for his books on Julia Kristeva and his widely acclaimed Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |