Summary
A reconception of the sublime to include experiences of disaster, war, outer space, virtual reality, and the Anthropocene.
We experience the sublime—overwhelming amazement and exhilaration—in at least seven different forms. Gazing from the top of a mountain at a majestic vista is not the same thing as looking at a city from the observation deck of a skyscraper; looking at images constructed from Hubble Space Telescope data is not the same as living through a powerful earthquake. The v…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262046923 |
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| ISBN-10: | 026204692X |
| Author: | David E. Nye |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 23 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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David E. Nye
David E. Nye is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Charles Babbage Institute and Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark. The author of twelve books with the MIT Press, including American Technological Sublime, he was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci Medal in 2005 and was knighted by the Queen of Denmark in 2013.
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