Into the Image

Culture and Politics in the Field of Vision

Kevin Robins

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Routledge
12 September 1996

Anthropology; Ethical & social aspects of computing; Virtual reality

We are constantly being told that we are living

through an image revolution. In this sceptical exploration of the politics of visual culture, Kevin Robins assesses the

nature of our emotional and imaginary investment in the visual media from photography to virtual reality. He looks at how modern image technologies allow us to monitor and survey the 'real' world while maintaining a distance which somehow denies its reality and he asks what pressures lie behind the

utopian fantasies of cyberspace with its alternative realities and virtual communities. Rather than accepting the fashionable idea that the new visual technologies are displacing the real, Into the Image examines them sociologically, as shaped by forces and events in the real world, and demonstrates that what continues to matter is the relation of image and

screen culture to the way we interact with that world.

By: Kevin Robins
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9780415145763
ISBN 10: 0415145767
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 12 September 1996
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kevin Robins