Critical Image Configurations: The Work of Georges Didi-Huberman (Angelaki: New Work in the Theoretical Humanities) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 103208846X ISBN 13: 9781032088464

Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

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 Rancière 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.

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About the Author

Stijn De Cauwer is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Cultural Studies and Literary Studies at KU Leuven, Belgium.

Laura Katherine Smith is a Postdoctoral Assistant in Cultural Studies and Literary Studies at KU Leuven, Belgium.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 103208846X
• ISBN 13: 9781032088464
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168
• Editor: De Cauwer Stijn, Smith Laura Katherine