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Informationen zum Autor Stewart Ewen is professor of media studies and chair of the Department of Communications at Hunter College. He is also a professor in the Ph.D. programs in history and sociology at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author of the acclaimed Captains of Consciousness , Channels of Desire , and All Consuming Images , the last of which provided the basis for Bill Moyers's award-winning PBS series The Public Mind . He lives in New York City. Klappentext "A provocative, compelling, and entertaining look at how the power of images dominates every aspect of our lives." Zusammenfassung A provocative, compelling, and entertaining look at how the power of images dominates every aspect of our lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Introduction: Shoes for Thought In The Eyes Mind * Images Without Bottom * Goods and Surfaces * The Marriage Between Art and Commerce Image And Identity * Chosen People * The Dream of Wholeness Image And Power In A Changing World * Varnished Barbarism * Mechanical Sentiments The Politics Of Style In Contemporary Culture * Form Follows Value * Form Follows Power * Form Follows Waste
