On Slowness: Toward an Aesthetic of the Contemporary

(Part of the Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts Series)

by Lutz Koepnick

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Speed is an obvious facet of contemporary society, whereas slowness has often been dismissed as conservative and antimodern. Challenging a long tradition of thought, Lutz Koepnick instead proposes we understand slowness as a strategy of the contemporary--a decidedly modern practice that gazes firmly at and into the present's velocity.

As he engages with late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century art, photography, video, film, and literature,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231168322

ISBN13:9780231168328

Release Date:October 2014

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Arts, Music & Photography Performing Arts Philosophy Photography

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