The freedom of the migrant
Subtitle: objections to nationalism
By: Vilém Flusser ; translated from the German by Kenneth Kronenberg ; edited and with an introduction by Anke K. Finger
Contributors: Finger, Anke K
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Immigrants -- Germany -- Social conditions; Immigrants -- Civil rights -- Germany; Nationalism -- Germany
Work titles: Von der Freiheit des Migranten.
Description: Vilem Flusser was one of the most fascinating and original European thinkers of the late twentieth century. In this collection of his essays on emigration, nationalism, and information theory, he raises questions about the viability of ideas of national identity in a world whose borders are becoming increasingly arbitrary and permeable. Flusser argues that modern societies are in flux, with traditional linear and textual epistemologies being challenged by global circulatory networks and a growth in visual stimulation. Beyond globalization, Flusser's ideas about communication and identity are rooted in the Judeo-Christian concept of self-determination and self-realization through recognition of the other.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: The challenge of the migrant; title: On the alien; title: We need a philosophy of emigration; title: To be unsettled, one first has to be settled; title: Planning the unplannable; title: From guest to guest worker; title: Thinking about nomadism; title: Nomads; title: Building houses; title: "How goodly are your tents, Jacob"; title: Ex-perience; title: Reunification or networking?; title: Does the French nation still exist?; title: Exile and creativity; title: Conversation between Vilém Flusser and Patrik Tschudin