The unrealizable : towards a politics of ontology / Giorgo Agamben ; translated by Alberto Toscano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agamben, Giorgio, 1942- author.

Contributor:

Toscano, Alberto, 1977- translator.

Series:

Italian list

The Italian list

Standardized Title:

Irrealizzabile. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Ontology.

Ontology--Political aspects.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Possibility.

ontology (metaphysics).

Physical Description:

278 pages ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Towards a politics of ontology

Place of Publication:

London : Seagull Books, 2025.

Summary:

"We are so used to distinguishing between the possible and the real, between essence and existence that we do not realize that these distinctions, which seem so obvious to us, are the result of a long and laborious process that has led to the splitting of being--the 'matter' of thought--into two fragments that are both conflicting and intimately intertwined. This book argues that the ontological-political machine of the West is based on the splitting of this 'matter', without which neither science nor politics would be possible. Without the partition of reality into essence and existence and into possibility and actuality, neither scientific knowledge nor the ability to control human action--which characterizes the historical power of the West--would have been possible."--Front flap of jacket.

Contents:

The unrealizable. Threshold

I. Res

II. The existence of God

III. The possible is the real.

The ancient forest : chora space matter. Silva

Chora

Steresis

Sensorium Dei.

Appendix. Lecture for the competitive examination for associate professor.

Notes:

Translation of : L'irrealizzabile : per una politica dell'ontologia

Includes bibliography (pages 268-278).

ISBN:

9781803094670

1803094672

OCLC:

1465006034

Publisher Number:

CIPO000165369