The Freedom of the Migrant: Objections to Nationalism - Hardcover

Vilém Flusser

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0252028171 ISBN 13: 9780252028175

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2003

Synopsis

Vilém Flusser was one of the most fascinating and original European thinkers of the late twentieth century. In this collection of his essays on emigration, nationalism, and information theory, he raises questions about the viability of ideas of national identity in a world whose borders are becoming increasingly arbitrary and permeable. Flusser argues that modern societies are in flux, with traditional linear and textual epistemologies being challenged by global circulatory networks and a growth in visual stimulation. Beyond globalization, Flusser's ideas about communication and identity are rooted in the Judeo-Christian concept of self-determination and self-realization through recognition of the other.

About this title

About the Author:

Vilem Flusser (1920-91) was a German-Jewish philosopher from Prague who fled in 1940 to Brazil, where he was a professor of philosophy of communication and wrote a daily newspaper column. In 1972, he moved to France and wrote books in both German and Portuguese, including The Shape of Things: A Philosophy of Design, Toward a Philosophy of Photography, and From Subject to Project: Becoming Human.Anke K. Finger is an associate professor of German studies and comparative literature at the University of Connecticut. Kenneth Kronenberg is a professional translator and the author/translator of Lives and Letters of an Immigrant Family.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0252028171
• ISBN 13: 9780252028175
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 136
• Editor: Anke K. Finger