Meta/dia two different approaches to the medial

• Autores: Dieter Mersch
• Localización: Cultural Studies, ISSN-e 1466-4348, Vol. 30, Nº. 4, 2016, págs. 650-679
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In media philosophy since Benjamin, the concept of ‘medium’ is conceived in terms of translation or transport. In a similar vein, Christoph Tholen has brought the literal sense of metaphor as metapherein into focus. In this paper, I argue that Tholen’s approach misses the ‘meta’ (‘middle’ or ‘beyond’) of metaphor, corresponding to the Latin trans. This is contrasted with the Greek dia that allows the development of a performative notion of medium, which orients itself at material practices of transition.