Art without Death – Conversations on Russian Cosmism
Conversations on Russian Cosmism
- Paperback
152 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2017
Summary
According to the nineteenth-century teachings of Nikolai Fedorov-librarian, religious philosopher, and progenitor of Russian cosmism-our ethical obligation to use reason and knowledge to care for the sick extends to curing the dead of their terminal status. The dead must be brought back to life using means of advanced technology-resurrected not as souls in heaven, but in material form, in this world, with all their memories and knowledge.Fedorov’s call to redistribute vital forces is wildly i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783956793523 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3956793528 |
| Author: | Brian Kuan Wood, Hito Steyerl, Anton Vidokle, Elena Shaposhnikova, Arseny Zhilyaev |
| Publisher: | Sternberg Press |
| Imprint: | Sternberg Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 152 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 108mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Sternberg Press / e-Flux Journal |
About The Author
Brian Kuan Wood
Franco Berardi, aka “Bifo,” founder of the famous “Radio Alice” in Bologna and an important figure of the Italian Autonomia Movement, is a writer, media theorist, and media activist. He currently teaches Social History of the Media at the Accademia di Brera, Milan.Boris Groys is an art critic, media theorist, and philosopher. He is Global Distinguished Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University and Professor of Philosophy at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. He is the author of Art Power, History Becomes Form- Moscow Conceptualism (both published by the MIT Press), and other books.
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