Eigenvalue
On the Gradual Contraction of Media in Movement; Contemplating Media in Art [Sound Image Sense]
Seiten
2020
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-5013-6317-7 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-5013-6317-7 (ISBN)
Eigenvalue provides the first history of 'eigenvalue' by building an important bridge between the hard and the soft sciences. Originally a mathematical term, Hanjo Berressem applies Eigenvalue, which roughly translates to proper value, to the media studies discipline for the first time, providing a philological history and line of development across the sciences through to contemporary cultural studies. Berressem's groundbreaking work is organized into 2 books, with the first book broken down into six topical areas - mathematics, physics, cybernetics, biology, literary studies, cultural studies. The second book discusses the place of eigenvalues in sound, light and literature, specifically, Alvin Lucier’s experimental composition “I am Sitting in a Room,” Bill Morrison’s eight-minute experimental film Light is Calling and the literary works of Thomas Pynchon. Berressem's thought-provoking philology is an important reference point for readers seeking an authoritative introduction to a term that connects other key ideas in contemporary debate.
Hanjo Berressem is Professor of American Literature at the University of Cologne, Germany. His publications include Pynchon’s Poetics: Interfacing Theory and Text and Lines of Desire: Reading Gombrowicz’s Fiction with Lacan.
Introduction
1. Mathematics
2. Physics
3. Cybernetics
4. Biology
5. Literary Studies
6. Cultural Studies
Conclusion
Overture
7. Eigenfrequencies - Alvin Lucier’s Composition “I am Sitting in a Room"
8. Eigenlight - Bill Morrison’s Film Light is Calling
9. Eigenmelody - Thomas Pynchon's Literary Works
Finale
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 20.03.2020 |
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Reihe/Serie | Thinking Media |
Zusatzinfo | 4 bw illus |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 277 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5013-6317-4 / 1501363174 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5013-6317-7 / 9781501363177 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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