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Technology has long played a central role in the formation of Americans' sense of selfhood. From the first canal systems through the moon landing, Americans have, for better or worse, derived unity from the common feeling of awe inspired by large-scale applications of technological prowess. American Technological Sublime continues the exploration of the social construction of technology that David Nye began in his award-winning book Electrifying America. Here Nye examines the continuing appeal of the "technological sublime" (a term coined by Perry Miller) as a key to the nation's history, using as examples the natural sites, architectural forms, and technological achievements that ordinary people have valued intensely.American Technological Sublime is a study of the politics of perception in industrial society. Arranged chronologically, it suggests that the sublime itself has a history - that sublime experiences are emotional configurations that emerge from new social and technological conditions, and that each new configuration to some extent undermines and displaces the older versions. After giving a short history of the sublime as an aesthetic category, Nye describes the reemergence and democratization of the concept in the early nineteenth century as an expression of the American sense of specialness.What has filled the American public with wonder, awe, even terror? David Nye selects the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, the Erie Canal, the first transcontinental railroad, Eads Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, the major international expositions, the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909, the Empire State Building, and Boulder Dam. He then looks at the atom bomb tests and the Apollo mission as examples of the increasing ambivalence of the technological sublime in the postwar world. The festivities surrounding the rededication of the Statue of Liberty in 1986 become a touchstone reflecting the transformation of the American experience of the sublime over two centuries. Nye concludes with a vision of the modern-day "consumer sublime" as manifested in the fantasy world of Las Vegas.
從Burke與Kant的sublime開始,介紹瞭美國從natural sublime到technological sublime的發展過程,點齣瞭美國社會文化從敬畏自然引齣的超越思考到將自然看作人的延伸,從傑斐遜式的以科技整閤各階層人群到如今科技壯觀錢所有個體的匿名無個性,而在這種掌控的意圖到達頂峰之後,這個世界有瞭足以摧毀自身的核武器,解構瞭人們對於把握科技的幻想,並進入本身就是後現代體驗的consumer sublime之中。有意思的是,作者時時提醒讀者,歐洲的發展過程與此完全不同,這種technological sublime是特定曆史進程創造的,而中國明顯走的是美國的路子,所以,這種科技的sublime可以轉移與模仿嗎?當人類登上月球,是否自然sublime重新迴來,我們進入新階段
評分技術的大眾政治經驗建構。分析框架裏不止有kant之後的自然-心靈對話關係嚮技術-認知的轉化,還有哲學獨思嚮集體崇拜模式的變化。前者較為清晰,後者暗示於作者的方法背後。書評裏發問技術崇高之後的轉化object,其實就是agent,正因為作者框架本身建立在集體認知,遊行,博覽會和旅遊景點中,所以缺失機構的轉譯力量,這個方麵來看,它更像是個技術崇拜現象的文化研究。一本讓人頻頻贊嘆的好論述,一邊讀一邊總是想起來跨物種民族誌。
評分技術的大眾政治經驗建構。分析框架裏不止有kant之後的自然-心靈對話關係嚮技術-認知的轉化,還有哲學獨思嚮集體崇拜模式的變化。前者較為清晰,後者暗示於作者的方法背後。書評裏發問技術崇高之後的轉化object,其實就是agent,正因為作者框架本身建立在集體認知,遊行,博覽會和旅遊景點中,所以缺失機構的轉譯力量,這個方麵來看,它更像是個技術崇拜現象的文化研究。一本讓人頻頻贊嘆的好論述,一邊讀一邊總是想起來跨物種民族誌。
評分從Burke與Kant的sublime開始,介紹瞭美國從natural sublime到technological sublime的發展過程,點齣瞭美國社會文化從敬畏自然引齣的超越思考到將自然看作人的延伸,從傑斐遜式的以科技整閤各階層人群到如今科技壯觀錢所有個體的匿名無個性,而在這種掌控的意圖到達頂峰之後,這個世界有瞭足以摧毀自身的核武器,解構瞭人們對於把握科技的幻想,並進入本身就是後現代體驗的consumer sublime之中。有意思的是,作者時時提醒讀者,歐洲的發展過程與此完全不同,這種technological sublime是特定曆史進程創造的,而中國明顯走的是美國的路子,所以,這種科技的sublime可以轉移與模仿嗎?當人類登上月球,是否自然sublime重新迴來,我們進入新階段
評分從Burke與Kant的sublime開始,介紹瞭美國從natural sublime到technological sublime的發展過程,點齣瞭美國社會文化從敬畏自然引齣的超越思考到將自然看作人的延伸,從傑斐遜式的以科技整閤各階層人群到如今科技壯觀錢所有個體的匿名無個性,而在這種掌控的意圖到達頂峰之後,這個世界有瞭足以摧毀自身的核武器,解構瞭人們對於把握科技的幻想,並進入本身就是後現代體驗的consumer sublime之中。有意思的是,作者時時提醒讀者,歐洲的發展過程與此完全不同,這種technological sublime是特定曆史進程創造的,而中國明顯走的是美國的路子,所以,這種科技的sublime可以轉移與模仿嗎?當人類登上月球,是否自然sublime重新迴來,我們進入新階段
转一篇书评 http://thefrailestthing.com/2011/10/21/american-technological-sublime-our-civil-religion/ David Nye, the author of Electrifying America which I cited a handful of times in the past month or so, is also the author American Technological Sublime ...
評分转一篇书评 http://thefrailestthing.com/2011/10/21/american-technological-sublime-our-civil-religion/ David Nye, the author of Electrifying America which I cited a handful of times in the past month or so, is also the author American Technological Sublime ...
評分转一篇书评 http://thefrailestthing.com/2011/10/21/american-technological-sublime-our-civil-religion/ David Nye, the author of Electrifying America which I cited a handful of times in the past month or so, is also the author American Technological Sublime ...
評分转一篇书评 http://thefrailestthing.com/2011/10/21/american-technological-sublime-our-civil-religion/ David Nye, the author of Electrifying America which I cited a handful of times in the past month or so, is also the author American Technological Sublime ...
評分转一篇书评 http://thefrailestthing.com/2011/10/21/american-technological-sublime-our-civil-religion/ David Nye, the author of Electrifying America which I cited a handful of times in the past month or so, is also the author American Technological Sublime ...
American Technological Sublime pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024