Historical, technological and medial a priori: on the belatedness of media.

This essay addresses German-language media theory through the lens of its central concept, the technological a priori. The technological a priori is a concept developed most prominently in the work of Friedrich Kittler out of the historical a priori of Michel Foucault’s discourse analysis. The focus...

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Publicado en:Cultural Studies Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 680 - 704
Autor principal: Tuschling, Anna
Formato: Essay
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2016
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