Gestures
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Gestures
By (Author) Vilm Flusser
Translated by Nancy Ann Roth
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st August 2014
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Keyboard instruments
Media studies
Phenomenology and Existentialism
153.69
Physical Properties
Paperback
224
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 25mm
Description
Defining gesture as "a movement of the body or of a tool attached to the body for which there is no satisfactory causal explanation," Vilm Flusser moves around the topic from diverse angles. He analyzes each gesture as the expression of a particular form of consciousness, that is, as a particular relationship between the world and the one who gestures.
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 Flussers claims."CHOICE
"Flussers 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
Author Bio
Vilm Flusser (19201991) was born in Prague; emigrated to Brazil, where he taught philosophy and wrote a daily newspaper column; and later moved to France. Among his many books that have been translated into English are Does Writing Have a Future, Into the Universe of Technical Images, and Writings, all from Minnesota.
Nancy Ann Roth is an arts writer and critic based in the UK. She previously translated Does Writing Have a Future and Into the Universe of Technical Images.
