Lichtbilder der Ideologie: Von Marx zu Fontane

The article investigates the role metaphors of optical media and projection have played within the conceptual and literary history of ideology. Starting with the figure of the in Marx, Fontane, and other contemporaries, it is shown that the ambiguous concept of (slide, photography) gains significanc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internationales Archiv für Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur 2022-06, Vol.47 (1), p.131-155
1. Verfasser: Breyer, Till
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Sprache:eng ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The article investigates the role metaphors of optical media and projection have played within the conceptual and literary history of ideology. Starting with the figure of the in Marx, Fontane, and other contemporaries, it is shown that the ambiguous concept of (slide, photography) gains significance in social thought and literature as a metaphor for false perception. Subsequently, the analysis of Theodor Fontane’s novel (1895) shows how optical media are turned into figures of narration that generate a critical perspective on bourgeois ideology and its affect structure.
ISSN:0340-4528
1865-9128
DOI:10.1515/iasl-2022-0008