Operation Valhalla collects eighteen texts by German media theorist Friedrich Kittler on the close connections between war and media technology. In these essays, public lectures, interviews, literary analyses, and autobiographical musings, Kittler outlines how war has been a central driver of media's evolution, from Prussia's wars against Napoleon to the so-called War on Terror. Covering an eclectic array of topics, he charts the intertwined military and theatrical histories of the searchlight and the stage lamp, traces the microprocessor's genealogy back to the tank, shows how rapid-fire guns brought about new standards for optics and acoustics, and reads Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow to upset established claims about the relationship between war, technology, and history in the twentieth century. Throughout, Operation Valhalla foregrounds the outsize role of war in media history as well as Kittler's importance as a daring and original thinker.

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Yes, you can access Operation Valhalla by Friedrich Kittler, Ilinca Iurascu,Geoffrey Winthrop-Young,Michael Wutz in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Ciencias sociales & Estudios de medios. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Duke University Press Books

Year

2021

ISBN

9781478013181

Topic

Ciencias sociales

Subtopic

Estudios de medios

Cover
Contents
Editors’ Preface / Ilinca Iurascu, Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, and Michael Wutz
Introduction: The Wars of Friedrich Kittler / Geoffrey Winthrop-Young
Part I: Guns, Germans, and Steel: The Hardware(s) of War
Part II: Wires, Waves, and Wagner
Part III: Vanishing Animals and Returning Nomads
Part IV: Love and War
Part V: Pynchon’s War
Part VI: Kittler on Kittler
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Credits