Critical Image Configurations: The Work of Georges Didi-Huberman: The Work of Georges Didi-Huberman

Book Overview

This book illuminates a variety of the key themes and positions that are developed in the work of art historian and philosopher Georges Didi-Huberman, one of the most influential image-theorists of our time.

Beginning with a translated exchange on the politics of images between Jacques Ranci re and Georges Didi-Huberman, the volume further contains a translation of Didi-Huberman's essay on Georges Bataille's writings on art. The articles in this book explore the influence of Theodor Adorno and Aby Warburg on Didi-Huberman's work, the relationship between 'image' and 'people', his insights on witnessing and memory, the theme of phasmids and his reflections on aura, pathos and the imagination.

Taken as a whole, the book will give readers an insight into the rich and expansive work of Didi-Huberman, beyond the books that are currently available in English. This book was originally published as a special issue of Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103208846X
• ISBN13: 9781032088464
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 9.7"