The Moral Economy of the Book
The Moral Economy of the Book / Die moralische Ökonomie des Buches
What is the future of the book as a medium in a fully digital world?
The debates over the demise of the printed book have died down, but the question of what role the book will play in an entirely digitalised world remains more pressing than ever. By way of numerous case studies, Michael Hagner seeks to provide some answers to this question by analysing historical and contemporary constellations that highlight the evolving significance of the book.
By looking into the specific connection between the history of the book and the history of...
By looking into the specific connection between the history of the book and the history of...
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The debates over the demise of the printed book have died down, but the question of what role the book will play in an entirely digitalised world remains more pressing than ever. By way of numerous case studies, Michael Hagner seeks to provide some answers to this question by analysing historical and contemporary constellations that highlight the evolving significance of the book.
By looking into the specific connection between the history of the book and the history of knowledge, Hagner outlines what he calls a moral economy of the book, which facilitates a reassessment of the transformability of this medium, which has already been written off so many times.
By looking into the specific connection between the history of the book and the history of knowledge, Hagner outlines what he calls a moral economy of the book, which facilitates a reassessment of the transformability of this medium, which has already been written off so many times.
2025, 200 pages
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Michael Hagner
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Michael Hagner is a physician and historian of science and is Professor of Science Studies at the ETH Zürich. In 2008, he was awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize for Academic Prose by the German Academy for Language and Literature.
Michael Hagner
Author
Michael Hagner is a physician and historian of science and is Professor of Science Studies at the ETH Zürich. In 2008, he was awarded the Sigmund...
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Year of Publication: 2010
Michael HagnerYear of Publication: 2010
Private Tutor
October 1903. Bayreuth is the scene of a sensational trial. Andreas Dippold, a 23-year-old law student and private tutor to two brothers, is accused of beating his pupils so violently that one of...
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Spanish world rights (Mardulce)
Year of Publication: 2008
Michael HagnerYear of Publication: 2008
Homo cerebralis
Few phenomena in the field of life sciences cultivate such a strong fascination as the brain and the way it functions. In his book, Michael Hagner leads through the cultural-historical developments of brain research from Descartes to the present.
Until the late 1800s the brain was regarded as the »domicile of the soul«, as »organ of the mind« and as the material link between body and...
Until the late 1800s the brain was regarded as the »domicile of the soul«, as »organ of the mind« and as the material link between body and...