Big Culture
David Wittenberg
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Big Culture

Toward an Aesthetics of Magnitude

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"An encounter with a large object may induce feelings of fear, awe, attraction, and more. But it is not simply the physical dimensions of an object that account for our sense that something is "big." Big Culture is a study of large objects and images that works to identify the qualities and effects of bigness. In doing so, David Wittenberg offers a philosophical proposal for reconceptualizing the problem of magnitude. The book explores examples of bigness that are simultaneously familiar and singular in the cultural landscape, such as skyscrapers, atomic bomb explosions, and cinematic special ...