{"title":"Emmanuel Alloa","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the intellectual depth of Emmanuel Alloa, a distinguished figure in the fields of philosophy and psychology. Alloa's work delves into the intricate relationships between images and perception, encouraging readers to view visual culture through a philosophical lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his influential book \u003cem\u003eLooking Through Images\u003c\/em\u003e, Alloa invites you to contemplate the power of images in our everyday lives. His insightful analysis bridges the gap between visual art and philosophical inquiry, making complex theories accessible to readers from various backgrounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're a seasoned philosopher or a curious mind eager to explore the nuances of image perception, Emmanuel Alloa's writings offer valuable perspectives and profound reflections on the interplay between seeing and understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngage with Alloa's thought-provoking works and enrich your understanding of the philosophical dimensions of visual media. His books promise a rewarding journey into the depths of human perception and the workings of the mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"looking-through-images-by-emmanuel-alloa-9780231187930","title":"Looking Through Images","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImages have always stirred ambivalent reactions. Yet whether eliciting fascinated gazes or iconoclastic repulsion from their beholders, they have hardly ever been seen as true sources of knowledge. They were long viewed as mere appearances, placeholders for the things themselves, or deceptive illusions. Today, the traditional critique of the spectacle has given way to an unconditional embrace of the visual. However, we still lack a persuasive theoretical account of how images work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLooking Through Images\u003c\/em\u003e by Emmanuel Alloa retraces the history of Western attitudes toward the visual to propose a major rethinking of images as irreplaceable agents of our everyday engagement with the world. He examines how ideas of images and their powers have been constructed in Western humanities, art theory, and philosophy, developing a novel genealogy of both visual studies and the concept of the medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlloa reconstructs the earliest Western media theory—Aristotle's concept of the diaphanous milieu of vision—and the significance of its subsequent erasure in the history of science. Ultimately, he argues for a historically informed phenomenology of images and visual media that explains why images are not simply referential depictions, windows onto the world. Instead, images constantly reactivate the power of appearing. As media of visualisation, they allow things to appear that could not be visible except in and through these very material devices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000676434156,"sku":"9780231187930","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7936003482270.jpg?v=1763295579"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/emmanuel-alloa.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}