Changing the Subject
Art and Attention in the Internet Age. Graywolf Press, 2015.
A brief summary of Changing the Subject
A collection of essays that challenges the way the digital age is affecting us in profound ways by reducing our capacity for attention and imagination, restricting our individuality, and changing our subjective experiences of the world itself.
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Who should read Changing the Subject
Anyone looking to cut back on screen time • luddites • media studies and philosophy students • defenders of technology
About the author of Changing the Subject
Best-selling author Sven Birkerts is a professor at Harvard University who has reviewed publications for The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Yale Review, among others. He was the director and a founding member of Bennington Writing Seminars and is well-known for his essays published in peer-reviewed journals.
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