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The philosophy of Agamben / Catherine Mills.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mills, Catherine, 1972- author.
Series:
Continental European philosophy.
Continental European Philosophy
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-.
Agamben, Giorgio.
Philosophy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (167 p.)
Place of Publication:
Montreal ; Kingston ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008.
Summary:
Catherine Mill's critical introduction covers the full range of Agamben's work, presenting his key concerns - metaphysics, language and potentiality, aesthetics and poetics, sovereignty, law and biopolitics, ethics and testimony - as well as his powerful vision of post-historical humanity. Highlighting the novelty of Agamben's approach while situating it in relation to the work of other continental thinkers, The Philosophy of Agamben presents a clear and engaging introduction to the work of an innovative and influential thinker.
Contents:
Metaphysics: negativity, potentiality and death
Aesthetics: language, representation and the object
Politics: biopolitics, sovereignty and nihilism
Ethics: testimony, responsibility and the witness
Messianism: time, happiness and completed humanity.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-7735-9489-2
OCLC:
881552188

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