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    #62: Siegfried Kracauer - Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces

    #62: Siegfried Kracauer - Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces

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    #62: Siegfried Kracauer - Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces

    FromCritical Media Studies

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    Length:
    47 minutes
    Released:
    Mar 15, 2024
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Barry and Mike discuss Siegfried Kracauer's 1926 essay "Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces." Written nearly 100 years ago, the essay is strangely relevant to our current political landscape. We pay special attention to Kracauer's unique notion of distraction, which contra Stiegler, Kracauer views as a stimulus to thought.
    Released:
    Mar 15, 2024
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (63)

    The Critical Media Studies podcast discusses the interplay of technology and culture from an academic perspective. In each episode we consider the work of a prominent thinker in the field of critical media studies and discuss the implications of their work in relation to other thinkers and in light of current social contexts.