Il tema del viso in L'Espèce humaine di Robert Antelme. Le interpretazioni di Giorgio Agamben e Ruth Leys

Blushing faces are an important presence in Robert Antelme’s L'Espèce humaine. When a face turns red (or pink) there is always a hidden meaning: the author of this essay demonstrates that, in this book, blushing and shame are heavily linked. The essay is divided in two sections: in the first, the author introduces the theme of faces in Antelme’s work; then, he compares two opposite interpretations of peculiar passages in L’Espèce humaine. Indeed, Giorgio Agamben states that red faces are often a sign of shame as onthological feeling; on the other side, Ruth Leys states that in L’Espèce humaine there isn’t any link between blushing and a fixed emotion and, especially, that shame hasn’t a role in this book.