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Techniques of the Observer

Paperback • 1992 • English

Techniques of the Observer

By Jonathan Crary

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About the book

In Techniques of the Observer Jonathan Crary provides a dramatically new perspective on the visual culture of the nineteenth century, reassessing problems of both visual modernism and social modernity.Inverting conventional approaches, Crary considers the problem of visuality not through the study of art works and images, but by analyzing the historical construction of the observer. He insists that the problems of vision are inseparable from the operation of social power and examines how, begin...Show more

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9780262531078

Publisher

MIT Press

Published year

1992

Language

English

Original title

Techniques of the Observer

Format

Paperback

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