Selected writings on media, propaganda, and political communication / Siegfried Kracauer ; edited by Jaeho Kang, Graeme Gilloch, and John Abromeit.
| Author/creator | Kracauer, Siegfried author. |
| Other author | Kang, Jaeho, 1969- editor. |
| Other author | Gilloch, Graeme editor. |
| Other author | Abromeit, John, 1970- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Columbia University Press, [2022] |
| Description | xvii, 451 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Works. Selections. 2022 |
| Series | New directions in critical theory New directions in critical theory. ^A715235 |
| Contents | Exposé. Mass and propaganda. An inquiry into fascist propaganda -- Totalitarian propaganda -- Abridged restricted schema -- Schemata -- Disposition -- The conquest of Europe on the screen : the Nazi newsreel, 1939-40 -- The Hitler image -- Below the surface : project of a test film -- Re-education program for the Reich -- How and why the public responds to the propagandist -- Popular advertisements -- A duck crosses Main Street -- National types as Hollywood presents them -- Deluge of pictures -- Appeals to the Near and Middle East : implications of the communications studies along the Soviet periphery -- Attitudes toward various communist types in Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia -- Proposal for a research project designed to promote the use of qualitative analysis in the social sciences -- The challenge of qualitative content analysis -- On the relation of analysis to the situational factors in case studies -- The social research center on the campus : its significance for the social sciences and its relations to the university and society at large. |
| Abstract | "Siegfried Kracauer stands out as one of the most significant theorists and critics of the twentieth century, acclaimed for his analyses of film and popular culture. However, his writing on propaganda and politics has been overshadowed by the works of his contemporaries and colleagues associated with the Frankfurt School. This book brings together a broad selection of Kracauer's work on media and political communication, much of it previously unavailable in English. It features writings spanning more than two decades, from studies of totalitarian propaganda written in the 1930s to wartime work on Nazi newsreels and anti-Semitism through to examinations of American and Soviet political messaging in the early Cold War period. These varied texts illuminate the interplay among politics, mass culture, and the media, and they encompass Kracauer's core concerns: the individual and the masses, the conditions of cultural production, and the critique of modernity. The introduction and afterword explore the significance of Kracauer's contributions to critical theory, film and media studies, and the analysis of political communication both in his era and the present day. At a time when demagoguery and bigotry loom over world politics, Kracauer's inquiries into topics such as the widespread appeal of fascist propaganda and the relationship of new media forms and technologies to authoritarianism are strikingly relevant"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Kracauer, Siegfried. Works. Selections. 2022 Selected writings on media, propaganda, and political communication New York : Columbia University Press, [2022] 9780231555661 |
| LCCN | 2021036436 |
| ISBN | 9780231158961 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0231158963 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780231158978 trade paperback |
| ISBN | 0231158971 trade paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | P95.8 .K73 2022 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |