On the Violence of Images and Image-Censorship in the Global Media. What can we learn from Schelling?
On the Violence of Images and Image-Censorship in the Global Media. What can we learn from Schelling?
Author(s): Katia HaySubject(s): Media studies, 19th Century Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, German Idealism, Theory of Communication
Published by: Trivent Publishing
Keywords: Censorship; Facebook; Image; David Jay; Media; Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling; Susan Sontag; Violence of the image;
Summary/Abstract: The following paper presents a reflection on the violence of images understood as the“power” that certain images have in “provoking” what appear to be disproportionate responses on the part of the viewer. In particular, this paper addresses the systematic censorship of images (such as the photographs from David Jay’s work The SCAR Project) in open and highly mediatized societies that advocate and defend freedom of speech. But this requires a new understanding of the image and the working hypothesis of this paper is that we can find resources for this in the work of the philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling.
Journal: The Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence
- Issue Year: 3/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 83-111
- Page Count: 29
- Language: English