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#62: Siegfried Kracauer - Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces
Episode 6215th March 2024 • Critical Media Studies • Michael Repici
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Barry and Mike discuss Siegfried Kracauer's 1926 essay "Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces." Written nearly 100 years ago, the essay is strangely relevant to our current political landscape. We pay special attention to Kracauer's unique notion of distraction, which contra Stiegler, Kracauer views as a stimulus to thought.

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