Crary_Jonathan_Techniques_of_the_Observer_1990 JONATHAN CRARY Techniques of the Observer On Vision and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century An OCTOBER Book MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London,...

Reflect also on the chapter "Modernity and the Problem of the Observer" by JonathanCrary. How have technological developments in the field of optics influencedthe way people observe? Can you think of other recent developments in the field of the visual that have had profound effects on our ways of seeing?


Crary_Jonathan_Techniques_of_the_Observer_1990 JONATHAN CRARY Techniques of the Observer On Vision and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century An OCTOBER Book MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England First MIT Press paperback edition, 1992 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No pan of this book may be reproduced in any form by any elec- tronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. This book was set in lTC Garamond by DEKR Corp. and printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress cataloging-in-Publication Data Crary, jonathan. Techniques of the observer , on vision and modernity in the nineteenth century I jonathan Crary. p. em. "October books"-Ser. t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. ISBN 978-0-262-03169-1 (he.: alk. paper)- 978-0-262-53107-8 (pb.: alk. paper) I. Visual perception. 2. An, Modem-19th century-Themes, motives. 3. An and society-History-19th century. I. Title. N7430.5.C7 1990 701 '.1S-