The Figure of This World: Agamben and the Question of Political Ontology

ISBN-13: 9781474446310 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 168 str.

Mathew Abbott

Opis

Mathew Abbott argues that Agamben's thought is misunderstood when read in terms of critical theory or traditional political philosophy. He shows instead that it engages in political ontology: studying the political stakes of the question of being.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Series Editor’s Preface; Introduction: The Figure of This World; 1. The Question of Political Ontology; 2. The Poetic Experience of the World; 3. The Myth of the Earth; 4. The Unbearable; 5. The Creature before the Law; 6. The Animal for which Animality is an Issue; 7. Understanding the Happy; 8. The Picture and its Captives; 9. The Passing of the Figure of This World; Bibliography; Index.