Człowiek jako obraz, znak i siła
Man as an image, sign and strength

Author(s): Szymon Wróbel
Subject(s): Media studies, Studies of Literature, Communication studies, Theory of Communication, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: anarchy; fantasy; language; memory; desire
Summary/Abstract: The presented paper is an attempt to reflect on three ways characteristic to Western philosophy and culture of defining man in terms of image, sign and strength. Thinking about a man in terms of an image introduces a complex notion of fantasy. Thinking about man in terms of a sign introduces the no less complex notion of language as a code and a set of riddles. Finally, thinking of a man in terms of strength forces author to rethink the very category of desire. Finally, the author tries to reflect on the contemporary possibility of redirecting thinking about man beyond language (sign), image (imagination) and strength (desire).

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