On the world of the virus:: Remaking image theory anew
On the world of the virus:: Remaking image theory anew
This short article deals with the concept of the world, and that concept’s ability to engage with the impact of the coronavirus and the remaking of image theory anew. The concept of the world can, it is argued, be utilized to offer a sustained engagement with the influence of COVID-19, particularly as the concept of the world is manifested in the work of the philosopher Martin Heidegger. To understand Heidegger’s work on his most important idea of the world, this article briefly looks at image theory, at Heidegger’s introduction of the notion of the gigantic, at the author’s own engagement with the gigantic in the microscopic image, and finally at how we can develop and revise our appreciation of the world of the virus.
Image, Theory, Virus
114-123
Armitage, John
19639b0b-0399-4dc6-9369-4d8c1ed77480
2021
Armitage, John
19639b0b-0399-4dc6-9369-4d8c1ed77480
Abstract
This short article deals with the concept of the world, and that concept’s ability to engage with the impact of the coronavirus and the remaking of image theory anew. The concept of the world can, it is argued, be utilized to offer a sustained engagement with the influence of COVID-19, particularly as the concept of the world is manifested in the work of the philosopher Martin Heidegger. To understand Heidegger’s work on his most important idea of the world, this article briefly looks at image theory, at Heidegger’s introduction of the notion of the gigantic, at the author’s own engagement with the gigantic in the microscopic image, and finally at how we can develop and revise our appreciation of the world of the virus.
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On the World of the Virus
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Accepted/In Press date: 1 November 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 March 2021
Published date: 2021
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© 2021 Duke University Press.
Keywords:
Image, Theory, Virus
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Local EPrints ID: 445976
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/445976
ISSN: 1743-2197
PURE UUID: 1fc94f15-2226-4d8f-be67-4c9be517f6f6
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