{"product_id":"a-history-of-light-junko-theresa-mikuriya-9781474254175","title":"A History of Light","description":"When was photography invented, in 1826 with the first permanent photograph? If we depart from the technologically oriented accounts and consider photography as a philosophical discourse an alternative history appears, one which examines the human impulse to reconstruct the photographic or \"the evoking of light+?. It's significance throughout the history of ideas is explored via the Platonic Dialogues, Iamblichus' theurgic writings, and Marsilio Ficino's texts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis alternative history is not a replacement of other narratives of photographic history but rather offers a way of rethinking photography's ontological instability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Junko Theresa Mikuriya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474254179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474254175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Junko Theresa Mikuriya","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47579752071423,"sku":"9781474254175","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a3b4715-d947-49d8-b97c-048729075099.jpg?v=1763876401","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-history-of-light-junko-theresa-mikuriya-9781474254175","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}