| Description |
xxxviii, 67 pages ; 18 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Copy, Archive, Signature: A Conversation on Photography / Jacques Derrida |
| Summary |
"I can hardly imagine another discussion of photography that would display the same theoretical and philosophical breadth and incisiveness that Derrida and his partners bring to bear on the subject."---Samuel Weber, Northwestern University -- |
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"This exquisite little book demonstrates again why Derrida remains one of our most cherished resources."---Eduardo Cadava, Princeton University -- |
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This book makes available for the first time the entirety of an important interview about photography that Jacques Derrida granted in 1992. Addressing presence and its manufacture, the technicity of presentation, the volatility of the subject, and the concept of memory, Derrida offers a penetrating intervention into the distinctive nature of photography vis-a-vis related technologies such as cinema, television, and video. Questioning the divides between old and new media, original and reproduction, and analog and digital recording, he provides stimulating insights into how we think about the photographic image. Gerhard Richter's introduction meditates on the relationship between deconstruction and photography by way of the concepts of translation and invention. --Book Jacket |
| Notes |
"Originally published in German in 2000 under the title 'Die Photographie als Kopie, Archiv und Signatur: Im Gespräch mit Hubertus von Amelunxen und Michael Wetzel,' in Theorie der Fotografie IV, 1980-1995."--T.p. verso |
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Translation of an interview that Derrida granted to Hubertus von Amelunxen and Michael Wetzel |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Derrida, Jacques, 1930-2004 -- Interviews.
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Derrida, Jacques -- Interviews.
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Photography -- Philosophy.
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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Interviews.
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| Author |
Amelunxen, Hubertus von.
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Wetzel, Michael, 1952-
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Richter, Gerhard, 1932-
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Fort, Jeff, 1966-
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| LC no. |
2009053223 |
| ISBN |
9780804760966 cloth alkaline paper |
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0804760969 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780804760973 paperback alkaline paper |
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0804760977 paperback alkaline paper |
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