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Travels in Hyperreality
Umberto Eco
出版
HMH
, 2014-06-24
主題
Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory
Literary Collections / Essays
ISBN
0547545967
9780547545967
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=YFDOAwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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註釋
A “scintillating collection” of essays on Disneyland, medieval times, and much more, from the author of
Foucault’s Pendulum (Los Angeles Times)
.
Collected here are some of Umberto Eco’s finest popular essays, recording the incisive and surprisingly entertaining observations of his restless intellectual mind. As the author puts it in the preface to the second edition: “In these pages, I try to interpret and to help others interpret some ‘signs.’ These signs are not only words, or images; they can also be forms of social behavior, political acts, artificial landscapes.”
From Disneyland to holography and wax museums, Eco explores America’s obsession with artificial reality, suggesting that the craft of forgery has in certain cases exceeded reality itself. He examines Western culture’s enduring fascination with the middle ages, proposing that our most pressing modern concerns began in that time. He delves into an array of topics, from sports to media to what he calls the crisis of reason.
Throughout these travels—both physical and mental—Eco displays the same wit, learning, and lively intelligence that delighted readers of
The Name of the Rose
and
Foucault’s Pendulum
.
Translated by William Weaver
