Iluminace 2003, 15(4):67-84
Distraction as the Precondition of Concetration. On the Problem of Reception in Walter Benjamin
The essay is devoted to some of the problems concerning the relationship between the media and their audience. It is based on Walter Benjamin's study The Work of Art in the Age of its Technical Reproducibility and some of his other texts.
Keywords: German philosopher and cultural theorist, film aesthetics, philosophy and film, film theory, film theorists, media, film audiences, perception
Published: December 1, 2003 Show citation
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