Gestures / Vilém Flusser ; translated by Nancy Ann Roth.
Throughout his career, Vilém Flusser kept the idea of gesture in mind: that people express their being in the world through a sweeping range of movements. He reconsiders familiar actions - from speaking and painting to smoking and telephoning - in terms of movement, opening a new perspective on the...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English German |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | Throughout his career, Vilém Flusser kept the idea of gesture in mind: that people express their being in the world through a sweeping range of movements. He reconsiders familiar actions - from speaking and painting to smoking and telephoning - in terms of movement, opening a new perspective on the ways we share and preserve meaning. These essays, published here as a collection in English, reflect both an eclectic array of interests and a durable commitment to phenomenological thought. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 193 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1452941882 9781452941882 |