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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963246303321

Autore

Murray Alex <1980-, >

Titolo

Giorgio Agamben / / Alex Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99963-9

1-136-99964-7

1-283-04497-8

9786613044976

0-203-85573-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Collana

Routledge critical thinkers

Disciplina

195

Soggetti

Philosophy, Italian - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; WHY AGAMBEN?; KEY IDEAS; 1 LANGUAGE AND THE NEGATIVITY OF BEING; 2 INFANCY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD; 3 POTENTIALITY AND 'THE TASK OF THE COMING PHILOSOPHY'; 4 POLITICS - BARE LIFE AND SOVEREIGN POWER; 5 THE HOMELAND OF GESTURE - ART AND CINEMA; 6 THE LABORATORY OF LITERATURE; 7 BEARING WITNESS AND MESSIANIC TIME; AFTER AGAMBEN; FURTHER READING; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Giorgio Agamben is one of the most important and controversial figures in contemporary continental philosophy and critical theory. His work covers a broad array of topics from biblical criticism to Guantanamo Bay and the 'war on terror'. Alex Murray explains Agamben's key ideas, including: an overview of his work from first publication to the present clear analysis of Agamben's philosophy of language and life theories of ethics and 'witnessing'the relationship between Agamben's political writing and his work on a