LEADER 02515oam 2200481M 450 001 9910795412703321 005 20190503073440.0 010 $a0-262-34523-4 035 $a(CKB)4340000000258338 035 $a(OCoLC)1028228466 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse66528 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001927575 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5317853 035 $a(OCoLC)1028228466$z(OCoLC)1028068438$z(OCoLC)1028225782$z(OCoLC)1028527412$z(OCoLC)1028544444 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1028228466 035 $a(MaCbMITP)11396 035 $a(PPN)255159064 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000258338 100 $a20170622d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe adventure /$fGiorgio Agamben ; translated by Lorenzo Chiesa 210 1$aCambridge, MA :$cMIT Press,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2018. 311 $a0-262-03759-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aAn ancient legend identifies Demon, Chance, Love, and Necessity as the four gods who preside over the birth of every human being. We must all pay tribute to these deities and should not try to elude or dupe them. To accept them, Giorgio Agamben suggests, is to live one's life as an adventure - not in the trivial sense of the term, with lightness and disenchantment, but with the understanding that adventure, as a specific way of being, is the most profound experience in our human existence. In this pithy, poetic, and compelling book, Agamben maps a journey from poems of chivalry to philosophy, from Yvain to Hegel, from Beatrice to Heidegger. The four gods of legend are joined at the end by a goddess, the most elusive and mysterious of all: Elpis, Hope. In Greek mythology, Hope remains in Pandora's box, not because it postpones its fulfillment to an invisible beyond but because somehow it has always been already satisfied. Here, Agamben presents Hope as the ultimate gift of the human adventure on Earth. --$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAdventure and adventurers$xPhilosophy 610 $aPHILOSOPHY/General 610 $aCULTURAL STUDIES/General 615 0$aAdventure and adventurers$xPhilosophy. 676 $a904 700 $aAgamben$b Giorgio$f1942-$035813 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795412703321 996 $aThe adventure$93750666 997 $aUNINA