Analysis of Reality in ‘Image’

This paper is an analysis of Reality in ‘image’. ‘Image’, here, means represe rated visual images of physical reality by optical instruments. There are tow purposes here: (1) To reveal intrinsic features of the ‘image’ itself, (2) To consider what kind of sense could be generated by stimulating our...

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Published inAnnual review of sociology/ Nenpō shakaigaku ronshū Vol. 1998; no. 11; pp. 47 - 58
Main Author SASAKI, Kazuhiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published The Kantoh Sociological Society 1998
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ISSN0919-4363
1884-0086
1884-0086
DOI10.5690/kantoh.1998.47

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Summary:This paper is an analysis of Reality in ‘image’. ‘Image’, here, means represe rated visual images of physical reality by optical instruments. There are tow purposes here: (1) To reveal intrinsic features of the ‘image’ itself, (2) To consider what kind of sense could be generated by stimulating our sensibility. As for procedure of the concrete analysis, the author first reveals the structure of the representation of ‘image’, based on semiological interpretation. Secondly, the author analyzes the features of ‘image’ and the structure of human sense of sight through a concept introduced by Benjamin, namely, the ‘optical unconscious’. Finally, the author explores the origins of our sense of reality through image.
ISSN:0919-4363
1884-0086
1884-0086
DOI:10.5690/kantoh.1998.47