The Work of Giorgio Agamben : : Law, Literature, Life / / Alex Murray, Justin Clemens, Nicholas Heron.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Clemens, Justin,; Heron, Nicholas,; Murray, Alex,
• MitwirkendeR: Agamben, Giorgio,; Clemens, Justin,; De Boever, Arne,; Formis, Barbara,; García Düttmann, Alexander,; Heron, Nicholas,; Levitt, Deborah,; Murray, Alex,; Schütz, Anton,; Whyte, Jessica,; Wolfreys, Julian,; Zartaloudis, Thanos,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2008
• 出版年: 2022
• 語言: English
• 實物描述: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Notes on Contributors --; The Enigma of Giorgio Agamben --; 1. K --; 2. Integral Actuality: On Giorgio Agamben’s Idea of Prose --; 3. The Role of the Shifter and the Problem of Reference in Giorgio Agamben --; 4. ‘Its Silent Working was a Delusion’ --; 5. Politics and Poetics of Divine Violence: On a Figure in Giorgio Agamben and Walter Benjamin --; 6. Idea of Poetry, Idea of Prose --; 7. The Fading Memory of Homo non Sacer --; 8. Soulblind, or On Profanation --; 9. Face to Face with Agamben; or, the Other in Love --; 10. Beyond Spectacle and the Image: the Poetics of Guy Debord and Agamben --; 11. Dismantling Theatricality: Aesthetics of Bare Life --; 12. Notes on Media and Biopolitics: ‘Notes on Gesture’ --; Index
• 總結: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748634620');'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 RancièreGiorgio Agamben has emerged, in the past five years, 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.Gathering 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.This volume will be a valuable addition to the understanding and reception of this major thinker. Including a contribution by Agamben himself makes it essential reading for anyone interested in his work.Key FeaturesThe first volume to focus on Agamben's early work on language and literatureIncludes established as well as up-and-coming scholars working in a variety of disciplinesIncludes a"
• 格式: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780748634637; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9780748634637
• 訪問: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alex Murray, Justin Clemens, Nicholas Heron.

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