In the course of its long and tumultuous history the sublime has alternated between spatial and temporal definitions, from its conceptualization in terms of the grandeur and infinity of Nature (spatial), to its postmodern redefinition as an "event" (temporal), from its conceptualization in terms of our failure to "cognitively map" the decentered global network of capital or the rhizomatic structure of the postmetropolis (spatial), to its neurophenomenological redefinition in terms of the new temporality of presence produced by network/real time (temporal). This volume explores the place of the sublime in contemporary culture and the aesthetic, cultural, and political values coded in it. It offers a map of the contemporary sublime in terms of the limits-cinematic, cognitive, neurophysiological, technological, or environmental-of representation.

About the Author

Temenuga Trifonova is Associate Professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Arts at York University in Toronto, Canada.

Reviews

"This collection brings the sublime back to where it belongs, the centre of modern critical thinking in fields that are much broader than that of philosophy and art history. It helps understand why we need the sublime as a transdisciplinary toolset that brings together issues of ecocriticism, posthumanism, cultural policy, and digital culture." --Jan Baetens, University of Leuven

Book Information
ISBN 9780367885816
Author Temenuga Trifonova
Format Paperback
Page Count 248
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g