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Norbert Bolz

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Norbert Bolz
Born (1953-04-17) 17 April 1953 (age 72)
Education
Alma materFU Berlin (PhD, Hab.)
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Main interestsMedia theory, communication theory
Notable ideasTheorie der neuen Medien

Norbert Bolz (born 17 April 1953) is a German media theorist. He served as a professor at Technische Universität Berlin until his retirement in 2018.

Bolz developed a media theory, the "Theorie der neuen Medien", that is influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin and Marshall McLuhan. The German art historian Wolfgang Ullrich has characterized Bolz′s method as one of constant recycling: "[You] could get the impression that Bolz has been rewriting a single text year by year. Whole passages are repeated from one publication to the next."[1]

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Ullrich, Des Geistes Gegenwart. Wagenbach, Berlin 2014, 47: "[Man] könnte sogar den Eindruck gewinnen, ein einziger Text werde über mehrere Jahre fortwährend umgeschrieben. Ganze Passagen wiederholen sich von Publikation zu Publikation."
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