Can I read Agamben and Adorno on Gesture on EtoBox?

Agamben and Adorno on Gesture by Lumi Mi is a document available to read on EtoBox.

What is Agamben and Adorno on Gesture about?

The document discusses how Giorgio Agamben and Theodor Adorno understand the concept of gesture. Both see gesture as being annihilated in modern societies due to involuntary tics replacing willed gestures. However, they differ in how they view the possibility within the loss of gesture. For Agamben, it opens up pure potential for language without expression, while for Adorno it returns us to reified embodiment but can image alternative relations to materiality. The document analyzes their perspectives in de

Author

Lumi Mi

Language

EN