Download or read book Bergson and the Metaphysics of Media written by S. Crocker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-22 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a medium? Why is there always a middle? Can media produce 'immediacy'? Henri Bergson recognized mediation as the central philosophical problem of modernity. This book traces his influence on the 'media philosophies' of Gilles Deleuze, Marshall McLuhan, Walter Benjamin and Michel Serres.