Eigenvalue - On Gradual Contraction of Media in Movement; Contemplating Media in

Eigenvalue provides the first history of ''eigenvalue'' by building an important bridge between the hard and the soft sciences. Originally a mathematical term, Hanjo Berressem applies Eigenvalue, which roughly translates to proper value , to the media studies discipline for the first time, providing a philological history and line of development across the sciences through to contemporary cultural studies. Berressem''s groundbreaking work is organized into 2 books, with the first book broken down into six topical areas - mathematics, physics, cybernetics, biology, literary studies, cultural studies. The second book discusses the place of eigenvalues in sound, light and literature, specifically, Alvin Lucier''s experimental composition "I am Sitting in a Room," Bill Morrison''s eight-minute experimental film Light is Calling and the literary works of Thomas Pynchon. Berressem''s thought-provoking philology is an important reference point for readers seeking an authoritative introduction to a term that connects other key ideas in contemporary debate.>

About the author

Hanjo Berressem is Professor of American Literature and culture at the University of Cologne, Germany. He is the author of Pynchon's Poetics: Interfacing Theory and Text (1992) and Lines of Desire: Reading Gombrowicz's Fiction with Lacan (1998). His publications revolve around the fields of American literature, post-structuralism, media studies, and literature and science.

Product details

• Authors: Hanjo Berressem, Hanjo (University of Cologne Berressem, Berressem Hanjo
• Assisted by: Bernd Herzogenrath (Editor), Patricia Pisters (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781501335181
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-3518-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Thinking Media; Thinking Media
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, PHILOSOPHY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics