Implosion and Intoxication
Kittler, a German Classic, and Pink Floyd
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2351981 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey Winthrop‐young (University of British Columbia, corresponding author), Geoffrey Winthrop-Young (Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies, University of British Columbia (Vancouver)) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 7-8 |
| Pages | 75-91 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0263276406069884 |
| OpenAlex | W2101567155 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Focusing on Kittler's reading of Goethe's 'Wanderer's Nightsong' and Pink Floyd's 'Brain Damage', the article traces Kittler's development from discourse analysis to media theory. Where more traditional approaches would stress notions of self-reflexivity (both the poem and the song elaborate on their effects and foreground their own construction), Kittler performs, in his own words, a kind of 'implosion': The words of Goethe's poem collapse back into the discursive order they evoke, and Pink Floyd's song performs its own technology. But it is precisely this implosion that has an intoxicating effect, which paves the way for a more political, or at least politicized, reading of Kittler's work that highlights his indebtedness to the cultural transgressions of the 1960s
Art · Implosion · Linguistics · Literature · Physics · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Reflexivity · Sociology · Anthropology · Art, Technology, and Culture · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |