Meta/dia two different approaches to the medial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18965604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dieter Mersch (0000-0001-6623-043X, Zurich University of the Arts, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 650-679 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-2386 • E-ISSN: 1466-4348 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09502386.2016.1180751 |
| OpenAlex | W2371706594 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
In media philosophy since Benjamin, the concept of ‘medium’ is conceived in terms of translation or transport. In a similar vein, Christoph Tholen has brought the literal sense of metaphor as metapherein into focus. In this paper, I argue that Tholen’s approach misses the ‘meta’ (‘middle’ or ‘beyond’) of metaphor, corresponding to the Latin trans. This is contrasted with the Greek dia that allows the development of a performative notion of medium, which orients itself at material practices of transition
Art · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Literature · Metaphor · Performative utterance · Sociology · Digital Media and Philosophy · Literature and Cultural Memory · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
The bias of communication
Critique of Pure Reason
Technology and the Lifeworld
A Mathematical Theory of Communication
How To Do Things With Words
Writing and Difference
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Kultur und Medien
Civilization and Its Discontents
Writing and Difference
Dissemination
Speaking into the Air
Posthermeneutik
Philosophical investigations
Poetry, language, thought
Gramophone, Film, Typewriter
Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |