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OverviewThe paradoxical logic of transparency and mediation Transparency is the metaphor of our time. Whether in government or corporate governance, finance, technology, health or the media – it is ubiquitous today, and there is hardly a current debate that does not call for more transparency. But what does this word actually stand for and what are the consequences for the life of individuals? Can knowledge from the arts, and its play of visibility and invisibility, tell us something about the paradoxical logics of transparency and mediation? This Obscure Thing Called Transparency gathers contributions by international experts who critically assess the promises and perils of transparency today. Contributors: Emmanuel Alloa (University of Fribourg), Loup Cellard (Melbourne Law School), Riccardo Donati (Università di Salerno), Mark Fenster (University of Florida), Sara Guindani (Université Paris 7), David Heald (University of Glasgow), Vlad Ionescu (UHasselt/PXL MAD), Dorota Mokrosinska (Leiden University), Herman Parret (KU Leuven), John Pitseys (UCLouvain), Natacha Pfeiffer (Université Saint-Louis), Philippe Van Parijs (UCLouvain), Bart Verschaffel (Ghent University), Patrick Vandermeersch (KU Leuven), Christophe Van Gerrewey (EPFL). This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content). Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emmanuel AlloaPublisher: Leuven University Press Imprint: Leuven University Press Weight: 0.545kg ISBN: 9789462703254ISBN 10: 9462703256 Pages: 340 Publication Date: 24 February 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis Obscure Thing Called Transparency is a timely, wide-ranging, and innovative collection of essays on the metaphorical opacities of 'transparency' from the modern period to the current pandemic crisis. [...] Focused on heterogeneous and illuminating case studies of transparency - from modernist architecture to Wikileaks, shop windows to digital screens, painting to film, new media to the Covid-19 pandemic, among other perspectives - this volume casts a new, informed, and revealing light on the political and aesthetic paradoxes of transparency in the contemporary age.Nidesh Lawtoo, Tijdschrift voor Filosofie: Louvain Journal of Philosophy 84 (2022), nr. 2 Author InformationEmmanuel Alloa is professor of aesthetics and philosophy of art at the Philosophy Department of the University of Fribourg. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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