Introduction: The Contemporary Relevance of Vilém Flusser

Anita Jóri; Maren Hartmann

doi:10.1177/02632764231168552

Introduction: The Contemporary Relevance of Vilém Flusser

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Introduction: The Contemporary Relevance of Vilém Flusser. / Jóri, Anita; Hartmann, Maren.
in: Theory, Culture and Society, Jahrgang 40, Nr. 7-8, 12.2023, S. 57-72.

Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung

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abstract = "In this article, we introduce Vil{\'e}m Flusser{\textquoteright}s theoretical trajectory from the philosophy of language and multilingualism to communication and media theory. Our focus lies on his works Kommunikologie [Communicology] and Kommunikologie weiter denken [Thinking Communicology Further]. Kommunikologie, which was written in Flusser{\textquoteright}s mid-career in the 1970s, but only published in the 1990s, consists of a set of articles and lectures and offers, among other notions, a great distinction between dialogue and discourse. The article takes this differentiation and explains its advantages and limitations. This leads to the introduction of the concept of algorithmic mediation as a {\textquoteleft}communicological{\textquoteright} take on current media developments. This also allows us to return to Flusser{\textquoteright}s question about the disappearing home and the need for windows to the world. We hence offer a combination of different aspects of his work less as a tool for the analysis of current developments than as a call for action.",

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