Vilém Flusser (1920–1991)
Author of Towards a Philosophy of Photography
About the Author
Vilem Flusser was appointed professor of philosophy of communication at Sao Paulo University in 1963.
Works by Vilém Flusser
Vampyroteuthis Infernalis: A Treatise, with a Report by the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste… (2002) 89 copies, 1 review
Steidl Taschenbücher, Nr.86, Vom Stand der Dinge. Eine kleine Philosophie des Design (1993) 13 copies
Unicórnios 1 copy
Para além das máquinas 1 copy
Una nueva imaginacíon 1 copy
Máscaras 1 copy
Da ficção 1 copy
Exílio y creatividad 1 copy
Estrangeiros no mundo 1 copy
Do espelho 1 copy
ARTE Y POLITICA 1 copy
A RECONSIDERAR 1 copy
Η Γραφή 1 copy
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The act of photography is that of 'phenomenological doubt', to the extent that it attempts to approach phenomena from any number of viewpoints. But the 'mathesis' of this doubt (its deep structure) is prescribed by the camera's program. Two aspects are decisive for this doubt. First: Photographers' practice is hostile to ideology. Ideology is the insistence on a single viewpoint thought to be perfect. Photographers act in a post-ideological way even when they think they are serving an ideology. Second: Photographers' practice is fixed to a program. Photographers can only act within the program of the camera, even when they think they are acting in opposition to this program. This is true of all post-industrial acts: They are 'phenomenological' in the sense of being hostile to ideology, and they are programmed acts. Thus it is a mistake to talk of a drift towards ideology on the part of mass culture (e.g. on the part of mass photography). Programming is post-ideological manipulation.… (more)