Ebook: The work of Giorgio Agamben : law, literature, life
Author: Agamben Giorgio, Clemens Justin, Murray Alex, Heron Nicholas
- Tags: Agamben Giorgio -- 1942- PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern. Philosophy Italian. PHILOSOPHY / General
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- City: Edinburgh
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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More than any other thinker, Giorgio Agamben shows us that philosophy is also a matter of style and politics a matter of poetics. This book explores the unexpected and illuminating paths that his work traces across the territories of law and literature, linguistics, dance or cinema, in search of a new idea and practice of the community. It offers an irreplaceable introduction to one of the most fascinating thinkers of our time.'Jacques RancièreGathering some of the most important established and emerging scholars to examine his body of work, this collection of essays seeks to explore Agamben's thought from these broader philosophical and literary concerns, underpinning its place within larger debates in continental philosophy. Including a contribution by Agamben himself, it is essential reading for anyone interested in his work.In the past five years, Giorgio Agamben has emerged as one of the most important continental philosophers. This burgeoning popularity of his work has largely been confined to a study of the homo sacer series. Yet these later 'political' works have their foundation in Agamben's earlier works on the philosophy of language, aesthetics and literature. From a philosophy of language and linguistics that leads to a broader theory of representation, Agamben develops a critical theory that attempts to explore the hiatuses and paradoxes that govern discursive practice across a broad range of disciplines
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