Technology as Symptom and Dream by Robert Romanyshyn (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Technology as Symptom and Dream by Robert Romanyshyn Robert Romanyshyns latest book shows how the development of linear perspective vision has altered our relationship with the world and led to our increasing alienation. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The development of linear perspective in the 15th century represented a radical transformation in the Europeans sense of the world, the body and the self. Robert Romanyshyns latest book examines the claim that the development of linear perspective vision was and is indispensable to the emergence of our technological world. It does so by telling the story of how an artistic technique has become a cultural habit of mind. Author Biography Robert D. Romanyshyn, professor of psychology at the University of Dallas, also teaches in the Arts and Humanities program at the University of Texas at Dallas, and is practising clinical psychologist. Author of Psychological Life: From Science to Metaphor, he has lectured and taught at numerous universities in the USA, Europe, and Africa. Table of Contents Prologue: Address to the reader 1. Lift-off: we are all astronauts 2. The Window and the Camera 3. Self as spectator 4. Body as specimen 5. The abandoned body and its shadows 6. World as spectacle 7. Re-entry: paths of return Long Description The development of linear perspective in the 15th century represented a radical transformation in the Europeans sense of the world, the body and the self. Robert Romanyshyns latest book examines the claim that the development of linear perspective vision was and is indispensable to the emergence of our technological world. It does so by telling the story of how an artistic technique has become a cultural habit of mind. Details ISBN1138132829 Year 2015 ISBN-10 1138132829 ISBN-13 9781138132825 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2015-10-12 Pages 272 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Short Title TECHNOLOGY AS SYMPTOM & DREAM Language English Media Book Illustrations black & white illustrations DEWEY 150.192 Author Robert Romanyshyn UK Release Date 2015-10-12 AU Release Date 2015-10-12 NZ Release Date 2015-10-12 Alternative 9780415007870 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134453210;

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