Thomas Nail is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver. He is the author of numerous works, including Theory of the Border (OUP 2016) and Being and Motion (OUP 2018).

This is an engaging book with a fascinating argument. Thomas Nail stakes out new territory, building a theory from the group up of the image as kinetic

• Introduction Part I: Kinesthetics 1. The Flow of Matter 2. The Fold of Affect 3. The Field of Art Part II: History of the Image I. The Functional Image 4. Centripetal Function 5. The Prehistoric Image II. The Formal Image 6. Centrifugal Form 7. The Ancient Image I 8. The Ancient Image II III. The Relational Image 9. Tensional Relation 10. The Medieval Image I 11. The Medieval Image II IV. The Differential Image 12. Elastic Difference 13. The Modern Image I 14. The Modern Image II Part III: The Contemporary Image 15. The Digital Image 16. The Generative Image Conclusion

Thomas Nail is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver. He is the author of numerous works, including Theory of the Border (OUP 2016) and Being and Motion (OUP 2018).

This is an engaging book with a fascinating argument. Thomas Nail stakes out new territory, building a theory from the group up of the image as kinetic

• Introduction Part I: Kinesthetics 1. The Flow of Matter 2. The Fold of Affect 3. The Field of Art Part II: History of the Image I. The Functional Image 4. Centripetal Function 5. The Prehistoric Image II. The Formal Image 6. Centrifugal Form 7. The Ancient Image I 8. The Ancient Image II III. The Relational Image 9. Tensional Relation 10. The Medieval Image I 11. The Medieval Image II IV. The Differential Image 12. Elastic Difference 13. The Modern Image I 14. The Modern Image II Part III: The Contemporary Image 15. The Digital Image 16. The Generative Image Conclusion