Vilém Flusser
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Born 1920 in Prague. Media philosopher. Flew to London and Sao Paolo in 1939. After a career in Brasil, he returned to Europe in the 70s. In the late 1980s his many publications and lectures gained prominence in German-speaking countries. Died in 1991.
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Bibliography
Books
- Língua e realidade, São Paulo: Herder, 1963; São Paulo: Annablume, 2004; 2009, 232 pp. (in Portuguese)
- Jazyk a skutečnost, trans Karel Palek, Triáda, 2005, 200 pp. Introduction. (in Czech)
- A história do diabo, São Paulo: Martins, 1965; São Paulo: Annablume, 2010. (in Portuguese)
- Die Geschichte des Teufels, ed. Andreas Müller-Pohle, Göttingen: European Photography, 1993; 2nd ed., 1996, 200 pp. (in German)
- Příběh ďábla, trans. Jiří Fiala, Galerie Gema, 1997, 185 pp. (in Czech) [1]
- The History of the Devil, trans. Rodrigo Maltez Novaes, Univocal, 2014, 220 pp.
- Da religiosidade: a literatura e o senso de realidade, São Paulo: Conselho estadual de cultura, 1967; São Paulo: Escrituras, 2002. (in Portuguese)
- La force du quotidien, Paris: Mame, 1973. (in French)
- Le monde codifié, Conférence du 3 Mai 1973, Paris: Centre de Formation Permanente pour les Arts Plastiques, 1974. (in French)
- O mundo codificado, São Paulo: Cosacnaify, 2007. (in Portuguese)
- Natural:mente: vários acessos ao significado da natureza, São Paulo: Duas Cidades, 1979. (in Portuguese)
- Natural:Mind, trans. Rodrigo Maltez Novaes, Univocal, 2013, 150 pp.
- Pós-história: vinte istantâneos e um modo de usar, São Paulo: Duas Cidades, 1983. (in Portuguese)
- Post-History, trans. Rodrigo Maltez Novaes, Univocal, 2011, 170 pp.
- Für eine Philosophie der Fotografie, European Photography, 1983, 58 pp; 1989; 1997; 2006. (in German)
- Towards A Philosophy of Photography, ed. Derek Bennett, Göttingen: European Photography, 1984, 62 pp.
- Filosofia da caixa preta. Ensaios para uma futura filosofia da fotografia, trans. Vilém Flusser, São Paulo: Hucitec, 1985, 92 pp; Rio de Janeiro: Relume Dumara, 2002. (in Portuguese)
- Per una filosofia della fotografia, Torino: Agorà, 1987. (in Italian)
- En filosofi för fotografin, trans. Jan-Erik Lundström, Göteborg: Korpen, 1988. (in Swedish)
- Hacia una filosofía de la fotografía, trans. Eduardo Molina, 1990. (in Spanish)
- A fotográfia filozófiája, trans. Panka Veress and István Sebesi, Budapest: Tartóshullám - Belvedere - ELTE BTK, 1990. (in Hungarian)
- Bir Fotograf felsefesine dogru, Istanbul: Agac, 1991. (in Turkish)
- Za filosofii fotografie, trans. Božena Koseková and Josef Kosek, 1994; 2nd ed., trans. Božena and Josef Kosek, Fra, 2013, 104 pp. (in Czech) [2]
- Taiwan: Yuan-Liou, 1994. (in Chinese)
- Pour une philosophie de la photographie, Paris: Circe, 1996. (in French)
- Ensaio sobre a fotografia: para uma filosofia da técnica, Lisboa: Relógio d'Água, 1998. (in Portuguese)
- Tokyo: Keiso Shobo, 1999. (in Japanese)
- Seoul: Communication Books, 1999. (in Korean)
- Za filozofiju fotografije, Belgrade: Kulturni Centar Beograda, 1999. (in Serbian)
- Towards A Philosophy of Photography, trans. Anthony Mathews, London: Reaktion Books, 2000.
- Una filosofía de la fotografía, Madrid: Sintesis, 2001. (in Spanish)
- Pentru o filosofie a fotografie, Bucharest: Idea Design & Print, 2003. (in Romanian)
- Za edna filosofia na fotografira, Moscow, 2002. (in Russian)
- Ku filozofii fotografii, Katowice: folia academiae, 2004. (in Polish)
- Za filosofia fotografii, Moscow, 2008. (in Russian)
- K filozofiji fotografije, Ljubljana: CIP, 2010. (in Slovenian)
- Ins Universum der technischen Bilder, Göttingen: European Photography, 1985; 1992; 1996. (in German)
- A technikai képek univerzuma felé, trans. József Maleczki, 2001; revised trans. Dalma Török, 2011. (in Hungarian)
- Do universa technických obrazů, trans. Jiří Fiala, Prague: OSVU, 2002, 162 pp. (in Czech)
- O universo das imagens tecnicas. Elogio da superficialidade, São Paulo: Annablume, 2010. (in Portuguese)
- Into the Universe of Technical Images, trans. Nancy Ann Roth, University of Minnesota Press, 2011, 224 pp
- Hacia el universo de las imagenes technicas, Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 2011. (in Spanish)
- Die Schrift, Göttingen: Immatrix Publications, 1987, as a book and on a floppy disk; repr. as Die Schrift. Hat Schreiben Zukunft?, Göttingen: European Photography, 2002. (in German)
- Az írás. Van-e jövője az írásnak?, trans. J.A. Tillmann and Lídia Jósvai, Balassi Kiadó - BAE Tartóshullám - Intermedia, 1997. (in Hungarian)
- Seoul: Imprima Korea Agency, 1998. (in Korean)
- A Escrita. Ha futuro para a escrita?, São Paulo: Annablume, 2010. (in Portuguese)
- Does Writing Have a Future?, trans. Nancy Ann Roth, University of Minnesota Press, 2011, 208 pp.
- with Louis Bec, Vampyroteuthis infernalis. Eine Abhandlung samt Befund des Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste, Göttingen: Immatrix Publications, 1987, 65 pp; Göttingen: European Photography, 2002. (in German)
- Vampyroteuthis infernalis, São Paulo: Annablume, 2011. (in Portuguese)
- Vampyroteuthis Infernalis, trans. Rodrigo Maltez Novaes, Atropos, 2011, 160 pp. Foreword by Abraham A. Moles.
- Vampyroteuthis Infernalis: A Treatise, with a Report by the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste, University of Minnesota Press, 2012, 112 pp.
- Krise Der Linearität, ed. G.J. Lischka, Bern: Benteli, 1988, 43 pp. (in German). Lecture delivered on 20 March 1988 at Kunstmuseum Bern.
- "The Crisis of Linearity", trans. Adelheid Mers, Boot Print 1:1 (2006), pp 19-21.
- Angenommen. Eine Szenenfolge, Göttingen: Immatrix Publications, 1989; Göttingen: European Photography, 2000. (in German)
- with Jean Baudrillard and Hannes Böhringer, Philosophien der neuen Technologien, Berlin: Merve, 135 pp, 1989. (in German)
- Dinge und Undinge: phänomenologische Skizzen, Munich and Vienna: Carl Hanser, 1993, 150 pp. (in German)
- Choses et non-choses: esquisses phenomenologiques, Nimes: Jacqueline Chambon, 1996. (in French)
- Az ágy, trans. Zoltán Sebők, Budapest: Kijárat Kiadó, 1996. (in Hungarian)
- Bodenlos: Eine philosophische Autobiographie, Bensheim and Düsseldorf: Bollmann, 1992, 295 pp; Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 1999. (in German)
- Bezedno: filosofická autobiografie, Prague: Hynek, 1998, 225 pp. (in Czech)
- Bodenlos: Uma autobiografia filosofica, São Paulo: Annablume, 2010. (in Portuguese)
Collected Writings, Lectures, and Interviews
- Nachgeschichten. Essays, Vorträge, Glossen, ed. Volker Rapsch, Düsseldorf: Bollmann, 1990. (in German)
- Gesten. Versuch einer Phänomenologie, Bensheim and Düsseldorf: Bollmann, 1991, 274 pp; Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch, 1994, 239 pp.
- Los gestos, Barcelona: Herder, 1994. (in Spanish)
- three selected texts, trans. Jiří Fiala, in Revolver Revue 56 (2004). (in Czech)
- Vilém Flusser: ein Gespräch, ed. Klaus Nüchtern, Göttingen, 1992. (in German)
- Ende der Geschichte, ende der Stadt?, Vienna: Picus, 1992. (in German)
- Vom Stand der Dinge. eine kleine Philosophie des Design, ed. Fabian Wurm, Göttingen: Steidl, 1993. (in German)
- The Shape of Things: A Philosophy of Design, trans. Anthony Mathews, London: Reaktion Books, 1999.
- Petite philosophie du design, Paris: Circe, 2002. (in French)
- Filosofia del diseno, Madrid: Sintesis, 2002. (in Spanish)
- Filosofia del design, Milan: Bruno Mondadori, 2003. (in Italian)
- Tokyo: Kajima Institute, 2009. (in Japanese)
- Tvar věcí. Filosofie designu, Prague: Fra, forthcoming. (in Czech)
- Schriften, eds. Stefan Bollmann and Edith Flusser, Bensheim and Düsseldorf: Bollmann. (in German)
- Bd 1. Lob der Oberflächlichkeit. Für eine Phänomenologie der Medien, 1993, 335 pp; 1995.
- Bd 2. Nachgeschichte. Eine korrigierte Geschichtsschreibung, 1993; Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch, 1997, 336 pp.
- Bd 3. Vom Subjekt zum Projekt. Menschwerdung, 1994, 288 pp; Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch, 1998.
- Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1996. (in Japanese)
- Bd 4. Kommunikologie, 1996, 360 pp; Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch, 1998; 2007. Contents.
- "Umbruch der menschlichen Beziehungen" (manuscript), 174 pp.
- Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1997. (in Japanese)
- Komunikológia, Bratislava: Mediálny inštitút, 2001. (in Slovak)
- Bd 5. Brasilien oder die Suche nach dem neuen Menschen. Für eine Phänomenologie der Unterentwicklung, 1994, 336 pp.
- Von der Freiheit des Migranten. Einsprüche gegen den Nationalismus, Bensheim: Bollmann, 1994; Berlin: Philo, 2000. (in German)
- The Freedom of the Migrant: Objections to Nationalism, Springfield: University of Illinois Press, 2003, 136 pp; 2013, 136 pp.
- Die Revolutionen der Bilder: der Flusser-Reader zu Kommunikation, Medien, und Design, ed. Stefan Bollmann, Mannheim: Bollmann, 1995. (in German)
- Jude sein. Essays, Briefe, Fiktionen, eds. Stefan Bollmann and Edith Flusser, Mannheim: Bollmann, 1995, 189 pp; new ed., Berlin and Vienna, 2001. (in German)
- Der Flusser-Reader: Zu Kommunikation, Medien und Design: Die Revolution der Bilder, Mannheim: Bollmann, 1995; 2nd ed., 1996, 236 pp. (in German)
- Zwiegespräche: Interviews 1967-1991, ed. Klaus Sander, Göttingen: European Photography, 1996, 255 pp. (in German)
- Moc obrazu: Výbor filosofických textů z 80. a 90. let, trans. Jiří Fiala and Jana Maixnerová, Special Issue of Výtvarné umění 3-4 (1996). (in Czech) [3]
- Medienkultur, ed. Stefan Bollmann, Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch, 2nd ed., 1997, 240 pp; 2008. (in German) [4]
- Standpunkte. Texte zur Fotografie, Göttingen: European Photography, 1998, 255 pp. (in German)
- Fenomenologia do Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro: Eduerj, 1998. (in Portuguese)
- Ficções filosóficas, São Paulo: Edusp, 1998. (in Portuguese)
- Von der Freiheit des Migranten. Einsprüche Gegen den Nationalismus, Berlin and Vienna, 2000. (in German)
- A dúvida, Rio de Janeiro: Relume Dumará, 1999; São Paulo: Annablume, 2011, 122 pp. (in Portuguese)
- Briefe an Alex Bloch, Göttingen: European Photography, 2000. (in German)
- Vogelflüge: Essays zu Natur und Kultur, Munich: Carl Hanser, 2000, 136 pp. (in German)
- Writings, trans. Erik Eisel, ed. Andreas Ströhl, University of Minnesota Press, 2002, 229 pp.
- Flusser’s View on Art: MECAD Online Seminar, Barcelona: MECAD, 2004.
- Vom Zweifel, Göttingen: European Photography, 2006. (in German)
- O mundo codificado. Por uma filosofia do design e da comunicação, trans. Raquel Abi-Sâmara, São Paulo: Cosacnaify, 2007, 224 pp; 2nd ed., 2010. (in Portuguese)
- Kommunikologie weiter denken - Vilém Flussers Bochumer Vorlesungen, eds. Silvia M. Wagnermaier and Siegfried Zielinski, Frankfurt am Main, 2009, 320 pp. (in German)
- We Shall Survive in the Memories of Others, eds. C3 Budapest and Vilém-Flusser-Archiv Berlin, 2010. DVD in 7 languages.
Book chapters, Papers, Articles (selection)
- "Filosofia da linguagem", Ita-Humanidades 2 (1966), pp 133-210. (in Portuguese)
- "The Photograph as Post-Industrial Object: An Essay on the Ontological Standing of Photographs", Leonardo 19:4 (1986), pp 329-332.
- "Fernsehbild und politische Sphäre im Lichte der rumänischen Revolution", trans. Almuth Carstens, in Von der Bürokratie zur Telekratie. Rumänien im Fernsehen, ed. Peter Weibel, Berlin: Merve Verlag, 1990, pp 103-114. (in German)
- "Projektion statt Linearität", in Strategien des Scheins. Kunst Computer Medien, eds. Florian Rötzer and Peter Weibel, Munich, 1991, pp 93-95. (in German)
- "Räume", in außen räume innen räume. Der Wandel des Raumbegriffs im Zeitalter der elektronischen Medien, ed. Heidemarie Seblatnig, Vienna: Universitäts Verlag, 1991, pp 75-83; repr. in Raumtheorie. Grundlagentexte aus Philosophie und Kulturwissenschaften, eds. Jörg Dünne and Stephan Günzel, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2006, pp 274-285. (in German)
- "Die Stadt als Wellental in der Bilderflut", in Nachgeschichten, 1990. Written in 1988. Repr. in Arch+ 111 (March 1992), pp 58-63 [5]; Die Revolutionen der Bilder, 1995; Medienkultur, 1997, pp 178-179.
- "The City as Wave‐Trough in the Image‐Flood", trans. Phil Gochenour, Critical Inquiry 31:2 (Winter 2005), pp 320-328.
On Flusser
- Journals
- Flusser Studies. Multilingual Journal for Cultural and Media Theory. Since 2005. (multiple languages)
- Monographs, Edited books
- International Flusser Lectures, eds. _Vilém_Flusser_Archiv an der Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln und der UdK Berlin, Cologne: Walther König, 1999-. (in German)
- Gustavo Bernardo Krause, Ricardo Mendes (eds.), Vilém Flusser no Brasil, Rio de Janeiro: Relume Dumará, 2000. (in Portuguese)
- Ricardo Mendes, Vilém Flusser: uma história do diabo, São Paulo: Edusp, 2001. (in Portuguese)
- Nils Röller, Silvia Wagnermaier (eds.), absolute Vilém Flusser, Freiburg, 2003. (in German)
- Rainer Guldin, Philosophieren zwischen den Sprachen. Vilém Flussers Werk, Munich, 2005. (in German)
- Gustavo Bernardo, Anke Finger, Rainer Guldin, Vilém Flusser, Paderborn, 2009. (in German)
- Oliver Fahle, Michael Hanke, Andreas Zimmermann (eds.), Technobilder und Kommunikologie. Die Medientheorie Vilém Flussers, Berlin, 2009. (in German)
- Eva Batlickova, A época brasileira de Vilém Flusser, São Paulo: Annablume, 2010. (in Portuguese)
- Marcel René Marburger, Flusser und die Kunst, Cologne, 2011. (in German)
- Anke K. Finger, Rainer Guldin, Gustavo Bernardo, Vilém Flusser: An Introduction, University of Minnesota Press, 2011, 200 pp.
- More.
- Biographies
- Bibliographies
See also
- The Media Are With Us (Budapest, 1990)
- Prague Media Symposium (1991–98)
- International Vilém Flusser Symposium (1992–97)
- Excavating the Future (Prague, 2001)
- Vilém Flusser Centre for Media and Culture Philosophy (Prague)
- Vilém Flusser Archive (University of Arts, Berlin)
External links
- Flusser Studies, Multilingual Journal for Cultural and Media Theory
- Flusser Estudios
- Flusser at ArtPool.hu
- Die Flusser Files
- Das Flusser-Surfboard
- Flusser's publications in Czech language
- Flusser at Wikipedia