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Zusatztext Sherwin is perhaps the world's leading scholar of the visual life of law! and this masterful book advances a new perspective on the cultural life of law! what Sherwinn calls a "visual jurisprudence." As Sherwin sees it! the very legitimacy of law in our era depends on the cultivation of visual literacy and an appreciation of the ethical and political dimensions of our visual experiences. Theoretically sohphisticated and lucidly argued this book is an example of interdisciplinary legal scholarship at its best.Austin Sarat! William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence! and Political Science! Amherst College.Richard Sherwin's Visualizing Law in the Age of the Digital Baroque is an outstanding piece of thinking and writing. Sherwin is an apt historian of ideas! ranging authoritatively from the Bible to video games! from the Renaissance to Enlightenment philosophers! from the baroque to the 'post-Foucauldian" epoch in which we now live. His project is spectacuarly successful. He develops a thesis that begins with law but utimately analyzes America Society and culture in the 21st century. This is a wise as well as informed book that will find a wide audience among thos interested in cultural studies! law! and visual culture.Richard Schechner! University Professor! Professor of Performance Studies! NYU Informationen zum Autor Richard K. Sherwin is Professor of Law and Director of the Visual Persuasion Project at New York Law School Klappentext Visualizing Law in the Age of the Digital Baroque explores the profound impact that visual digital technologies are having on the practice, teaching, and theory of law. Zusammenfassung Visualizing Law in the Age of the Digital Baroque explores the profound impact that visual digital technologies are having on the practice, teaching, and theory of law. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Visual Jurisprudence: the new paradigm Chapter 3. Law’s Screen Life: Visualizing law in practice Chapter 4. Images Run Riot: Law on the landscape of the neo-baroque Chapter 5. Theorizing the Visual Sublime: Law’s legitimation reconsidered Chapter 6. The Digital Challenge: Command and control culture and the ethical sublime Chapter 7. Conclusion: Visualizing Law’s Rhetorical Ideal Bibliography Index ...
