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- Condition
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- “in good condition see photos for condition”
- Artist
- Flusser, Vilém
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- EAN
- 9780816691289
- ISBN
- 0816691282
- Release Title
- Gestures
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
0816691282
ISBN-13
9780816691289
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175954630
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Gestures
Subject
Media Studies, Criticism & Theory, Body Language & Nonverbal Communication, Movements / Phenomenology, General
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Art, Philosophy, Social Science, Psychology
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
9.8 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
3
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2013-038693
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Flusser transforms gesture to the level of metaphor, offering deep, sometimes metaphysical, interpretation of the human condition. Though it resists being put in a particular disciplinary niche, Gestures will surely become a standard for the many scholars who have already debated or acknowledged the value of Flusser's claims."-- CHOICE "Flusser's book transcends the time in which it was written."-- International Journal of Communication, "Flusser transforms gesture to the level of metaphor, offering deep, sometimes metaphysical, interpretation of the human condition. Though it resists being put in a particular disciplinary niche, Gestures will surely become a standard for the many scholars who have already debated or acknowledged the value of Flusser's claims."-- CHOICE "Flusser's book transcends the time in which it was written."-- International Journal of Communication "Flusser's writings have a more accessible style, offering precise examples and analogies to specify key concepts. For this reason, the work of Flusser, especially Gestures , eclectically engages with deconstructive paradigms of philosophy at a level accessible to undergraduate students and academics."-- Screen Bodies, "Flusser transforms gesture to the level of metaphor, offering deep, sometimes metaphysical, interpretation of the human condition. Though it resists being put in a particular disciplinary niche, Gestures will surely become a standard for the many scholars who have already debated or acknowledged the value of Flusser's claims."-- CHOICE "Flusser's book transcends the time in which it was written."-- International Journal of Communication "Flusser's writings have a more accessible style, offering precise examples and analogies to specify key concepts. For this reason, the work of Flusser, especially Gestures , eclectically engages with deconstructive paradigms of philosophy at a level accessible to undergraduate students and academics."-- Screen Bodies
Dewey Decimal
153.69
Table Of Content
Contents Translator's Preface Gesture and Affect: The Practice of a Phenomenology of Gestures Beyond Machines (But Still within the Phenomenology of Gestures) The Gesture of Writing The Gesture of Speaking The Gesture of Making The Gesture of Loving The Gesture of Destroying The Gesture of Painting The Gesture of Photographing The Gesture of Filming The Gesture of Turning a Mask Around The Gesture of Planting The Gesture of Shaving The Gesture of Listening to Music The Gesture of Smoking a Pipe The Gesture of Telephoning The Gesture of Video The Gesture of Searching Appendix: Toward a General Theory of Gestures Translator's Notes Index
Synopsis
Defining gesture as "a movement of the body or of a tool attached tothe body for which there is no satisfactory causal explanation," Vilém Flussermoves around the topic from diverse angles. He analyzes each gesture as theexpression of a particular form of consciousness, that is, as a particularrelationship between the world and the one who gestures., Throughout his career, the influential new media theorist Vil m 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 particular movement, opening a surprising new perspective on the ways we share and preserve meaning. A gesture may or may not be linked to specialized apparatus, though its form crucially affects the person who makes it. These essays, published here as a collection in English for the first time, were written over roughly a half century and reflect both an eclectic array of interests and a durable commitment to phenomenological thought. Defining gesture as "a movement of the body or of a tool attached to the body for which there is no satisfactory causal explanation," Flusser moves around the topic from diverse points of view, angles, and distances: at times he zooms in on a modest, ordinary movement such as taking a photograph, shaving, or listening to music; at others, he pulls back to look at something as vast and varied as human "making," embracing everything from the fashioning of simple tools to mass manufacturing. But whatever the gesture, Flusser analyzes it as the expression of a particular form of consciousness, that is, as a particular relationship between the world and the one who gestures., Throughout his career, the influential new media theorist 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 particular movement, opening a surprising new perspective on the ways we share and preserve meaning. A gesture may or may not be linked to specialized apparatus, though its form crucially affects the person who makes it. These essays, published here as a collection in English for the first time, were written over roughly a half century and reflect both an eclectic array of interests and a durable commitment to phenomenological thought. Defining gesture as "a movement of the body or of a tool attached to the body for which there is no satisfactory causal explanation," Flusser moves around the topic from diverse points of view, angles, and distances: at times he zooms in on a modest, ordinary movement such as taking a photograph, shaving, or listening to music; at others, he pulls back to look at something as vast and varied as human "making," embracing everything from the fashioning of simple tools to mass manufacturing. But whatever the gesture, Flusser analyzes it as the expression of a particular form of consciousness, that is, as a particular relationship between the world and the one who gestures.
LC Classification Number
BF637.N66F5813 2014
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