The relationship of the concept of code and gesture in the thought processes of Vilém Flusser Kamil Nábělek Abstract The goal of this work is to shed light on the interrelationship and interoperation between the notions of code and gesture within the philosophy of Vilém Flusser, as well as on the methods these notions contribute to the general concept and composition of his philosophy. It is possible to explain the overall layout of the topics of Flusser's thoughts on the relationship between the notions of code and gesture: the information-media level is the basic one, and from it we see the rise of ideas on historical and societal formations as well as symbolic universes. Yet another level contains his theory of gestures, through which Flusser's media topics open up to the "concept of a gesture" as a complex meaning-bearing and existentially anchored entity. Flusser's thoughts are thus developed both with respect to the information-based concept of code, defined as a system of symbols, and with respect to gestures as complex corporal and symbolic carriers of meaning and existential expression. Aside from capturing factual aspects of Flusser's thoughts, the work also focuses on the stylistic level of his texts. The concepts of code and gesture also operate as specific conceptual-poetic tools. Flusser's...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:353501 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Nábělek, Kamil |
| Contributors | Petříček, Miroslav, Marcelli, Miroslav, Krtilová, Kateřina |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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