Bergson and the Metaphysics of Media

By Stephen Crocker

Book Overview

What is a medium? Why is there always a middle? Can media produce 'immediacy'? Henri Bergson recognized mediation as the central philosophical problem of modernity. This book traces his influence on the 'media philosophies' of Gilles Deleuze, Marshall McLuhan, Walter Benjamin and Michel Serres.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349458961
• ISBN13: 9781349458967
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"