Editorial Necsus

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In the second part of the much celebrated recent novel 2666 (Roberto Bolaño, 2004), a Chilean philosopher with an Italian surname teaching in a Northern Mexico university unexpectedly finds a book in his library: Testamento geométrico, a treatise on geometry written by a poet named Rafael Dieste. Am...

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Main Author: NECSUS Editorial Board
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2012-01-01
Series:NECSUS : European journal of media studies
Online Access:https://www.necsus-ejms.org/test/editorial-necsus/
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spelling doaj-90bee65b1e724734b9e59f89c2712e842020-11-25T01:19:29ZengAmsterdam University PressNECSUS : European journal of media studies2213-02172012-01-01121310.5117/NECSUS2012.2.EDITEditorial NecsusNECSUS Editorial BoardIn the second part of the much celebrated recent novel 2666 (Roberto Bolaño, 2004), a Chilean philosopher with an Italian surname teaching in a Northern Mexico university unexpectedly finds a book in his library: Testamento geométrico, a treatise on geometry written by a poet named Rafael Dieste. Amalfitano (the name of the philosopher) cannot recall having bought or borrowed the mysterious book. This presence deeply unsettles him, and he finds relief through a rather Duchampian gesture: he hangs the volume on a line in his backyard, exposing the treatise and its linear speculation to the action of the weather.https://www.necsus-ejms.org/test/editorial-necsus/
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description In the second part of the much celebrated recent novel 2666 (Roberto Bolaño, 2004), a Chilean philosopher with an Italian surname teaching in a Northern Mexico university unexpectedly finds a book in his library: Testamento geométrico, a treatise on geometry written by a poet named Rafael Dieste. Amalfitano (the name of the philosopher) cannot recall having bought or borrowed the mysterious book. This presence deeply unsettles him, and he finds relief through a rather Duchampian gesture: he hangs the volume on a line in his backyard, exposing the treatise and its linear speculation to the action of the weather.
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