Abstract
The aim of this chapter is to develop a critical phenomenology of television through a conjoined analysis of portraits of television viewing and its effects in the novels of Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Don DeLillo, and Ray Bradbury as well as in Günther Anders seminal reflections on “the phantom and the matrix” in The Obsolescence of the Human. Television, as not merely a technical artefact, but as a technological apparatus, is here examined in its psychological, social, and ontological significance.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Phenomenologies of the Digital Age |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Virtual, the Fictional, the Magical |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 82-105 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781040256497 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781032319926 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2024 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Arts and Humanities
- General Social Sciences