Thinking Machinically,or, the Techno-aesthetic of Jackie Chan: Toward a Deleuze-Guattarian Media Studies |
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| Authors: | Gordon Coonfield |
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| Institution: | 1. gordon.coonfield@villanova.edu |
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| Abstract: | This essay argues the conceptual opacity surrounding technology results from instrumentalism, which posits an a priori distinction between essentialized, binary terms: the human, and the technological, which is both the product and material projection of that essentially human agency. This essay explores a “machinic” alternative to instrumentalism by engaging the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari. After mapping the conceptual terrain suggested by their work as applied to technology, this essay looks to the cinematic performance aesthetic of Hong Kong action-film star Jackie Chan in order to sketch the affective/perceptual/kinetic terrain of the machinic. |
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| Keywords: | Deleuze Guattari Philosophy of Technology Agency Embodiment Jackie Chan |
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