Hope and Wish Image in Music Technology

1. Introduction: Audible Hope
David P. Rando

2. Wish Images and Wishful Images: Benjamin and Bloch
David P. Rando

3. The Music of Wish Images: Filesharing and Utopia
David P. Rando

4. The Mixtape as Wishtape: Heterotopia, Translation, and Nostalgia
David P. Rando

5. The Artist and Technology: William Gaddis’s Agapē Agape, or the World’s Smallest Player Piano Playing Itself Just for You
David P. Rando

6. “The Enemy Has Never Ceased to Be Victorious”: Anne Frank and Neutral Milk Hotel
David P. Rando

7. Technology, Everyday Life, and Hope
David P. Rando

8. Conclusion: The Happy Appearance and the Wishful Tendency in Cultural Criticism
David P. Rando

Nyckelord: Cultural and Media Studies, Music, Media and Communication, Philosophy of Technology, Literature and Technology/Media