Norbert Bolz
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Norbert Bolz is a German
philosopher and media theorist. He is a professor at the Technical University of Berlin
.
Together with Friedrich Kittler
, Bernhard Siegert
, Georg Christoph Tholen and Wolfgang Coy, he is regarded as a pioneer of German media theory.
Bolz developed a media theory, the "", that is influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche
, Walter Benjamin
and Marshall McLuhan
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
philosopher and media theorist. He is a professor at the Technical University of Berlin
Technical University of Berlin
The Technische Universität Berlin is a research university located in Berlin, Germany. Translating the name into English is discouraged by the university, however paraphrasing as Berlin Institute of Technology is recommended by the university if necessary .The TU Berlin was founded...
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Together with Friedrich Kittler
Friedrich Kittler
Friedrich A. Kittler was a literary scholar and a media theorist. His works relate to media, technology, and the military.-Biography:Friedrich Adolf Kittler was born in 1943 in Rochlitz in Saxony...
, Bernhard Siegert
Bernhard Siegert
Bernhard Siegert is a German media theorist and media historian.Siegert was born in Bremen. He majored 1987 in Germanic Studies, Philosophy and History at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg/Germany...
, Georg Christoph Tholen and Wolfgang Coy, he is regarded as a pioneer of German media theory.
Bolz developed a media theory, the "", that is influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist...
, Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German-Jewish intellectual, who functioned variously as a literary critic, philosopher, sociologist, translator, radio broadcaster and essayist...
and Marshall McLuhan
Marshall McLuhan
Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar—a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a communication theorist...
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