Fragility: To Touch and Be Touched

by Pascal Gielen and Marlies De Munck

How the enhancement of aesthetic perception can redeem life's precarity: a manifesto from the authors of Nearness

In an era of intense competition and individualism, we tend to hide our weak spots. When something comes too close and threatens to touch us, we shield our vulnerability. This means that there is less and less room for real human encounter. The forces of quantification and evaluation push people back further...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9493246108
• ISBN13: 9789493246102
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Valiz
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.4" x 6.5"