Giorgio Agamben : political philosophy / Rasmus Ugilt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ugilt, Rasmus, author.

Series:

Humanities Insights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agamben, Giorgio, 1942---Criticism and interpretation.

Agamben, Giorgio.

Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 p.)

Place of Publication:

Penrith, [England] : Humanities-Ebooks, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Giorgio Agamben is one of the most hotly debated political philosophers today. His works on the political and legal paradigm of the West has caught the attention of philosophers, sociologists, political scientists and jurists alike. This book seeks to dispel the most unhelpful myths arising from the politically controversial nature of his work and to defend the most pertinent of his arguments in political philosophy. It also seeks to show how Agamben's philosophy can be useful for analyses of contemporary political and social phenomena.The book discusses centrepieces of Agamben's political philosophy, focusing on Homo Sacer, State of Exception, and The Kingdom and the Glory, and it tackles some of the most pressing issues discussed by Agamben including sovereignty, law, religion, profanation and messianism.Rasmus Ugilt is Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark, and author of The Metaphysics of Terror (2012).

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Licence""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Ontology as Political Theory""; ""Agamben�s Philosophical Method""; ""Chapter 1: Potential ontology""; ""Aristotle on potentiality""; ""Agamben transcending Aristotle""; ""Bartleby and pure potentiality""; ""Tiananmen""; ""Chapter 2: What is life? On Homo Sacer""; ""Bare Life""; ""Sovereign Power""; ""The Sovereign Paradox""; ""Experimentation on life and the camp.""; ""Chapter 3: Political theology. On State of Exception""; ""Schmitt and the dictatorship model""

""Iustitium rather than dictatorship""""Benjamin not Schmitt""; ""Auctoritas and Potestas""; ""Chapter 4: Economic Theology. On The Kingdom and the Glory""; ""The Genealogy of Oikonomia""; ""Angels and their offices""; ""Glory, inactivity, capture""; ""Chapter 5: Messianic profanations""; ""As if not""; ""The End""; ""References""; ""About the Author""; "" Humanities-Ebooks.co.uk""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 17, 2015).

ISBN:

9781847603371

1847603378

OCLC:

905921206