The Poetic Power of Theory (Paperback)

Prof. Dr. Richard Langston

ISBN 10: 384711039X / ISBN 13: 9783847110392

Published by V&R unipress GmbH, Gottingen, 2019

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Paperback. Die poetische Kraft der Theorie bezieht sich fuer Alexander Kluge weniger auf reine Philosophie oder die abgesonderte Lust am Denken als vielmehr auf die altgriechische Praxis der Theoria. Wie der antike Theoretiker namens Theoros, der als Gesandter aus fremden Laendern heimkehrte, um von anderen Voelkern und Kulturen zu erzaehlen, strebt Kluges Interesse an der poetischen Kraft der Theorie nach der Anreicherung der menschlichen Wesenskraefte, die subjektive Erfahrung von Differenz in einer Krisenzeit auszudruecken, in der die Werkzeuge des Erzaehlens verarmt sind. Diese Ausgabe des Jahrbuchs erkundet Kluges Theorie dieses narrativen Potenzials im stuermischen Zeitalter der Digitalitaet, das von Algorithmen regiert, mit Informationen ueberflutet und von sozialen Unruhen zerruettet ist.The poetic power of theory has for Alexander Kluge less to do with pure philosophy or the solitary pleasures in thinking than with the ancient Greek practice of theoria. Like the ancient theoretician called theoros, who returned home from foreign lands to tell of other peoples and cultures, Kluges interest in the poetic force of theory seeks to fortify humankinds essential powers for expressing the subjective experience of difference at a time of crisis when the necessary tools for narration have become impoverished. The sixth volume of the yearbook queries Kluges theory of narratives potential in the stormy age of digitality governed by algorithms, flooded with information, and disrupted by social conflict. Nur eine poetische Kraft der Theorie kann sich den Informations- und Kontrollalgorithmen von heute widersetzen Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Poetic Power of Theory (Paperback)
• Publisher: V&R unipress GmbH, Gottingen
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 384711039X
• ISBN 13: 9783847110392
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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"The poetic power of theory" has for Alexander Kluge less to do with pure "philosophy" or the solitary "pleasures in thinking" than with the ancient Greek practice of "theoria". Like the ancient theoretician called theoros, who returned home from foreign lands to tell of other peoples and cultures, Kluge's interest in the poetic force of theory seeks to fortify humankind's essential powers for expressing the subjective experience of difference at a time of crisis when the necessary tools for narration have become impoverished. The sixth volume of the yearbook queries Kluge's theory of narrative's potential in the stormy age of digitality governed by algorithms, flooded with information, and disrupted by social conflict.