Giorgio Agamben is one of the most important and controversial figures in continental philosophy and critical theory. Agambenâs work explores the intertwining of law, language, aesthetics and politics, most recently theorizing contemporary political situations through analysis of the âwar on terrorâ.
Alex Murray explains Agambenâs key ideas, including:
an overview of his work from his first publication to the present
clear analysis of Agambenâs philosophy of language and life
ethics and âwitnessingâ,...
Giorgio Agamben is one of the most important and controversial figures in continental philosophy and critical theory. Agambenâs work explores ...
Agamben's vocabulary is both expansive and idiosyncratic, with words such as 'infancy', 'gesture' and 'profanation' given specific and complex meanings that can bewilder the new reader. Bringing together leading scholars in the field, including Steven DeCaroli (Goucher College, Baltimore), Justin Clemens (University of Melbourne), Claire Colebrook (Penn State) and Steven DeCaroli (Goucher College, Baltimore) the 150 entries explain the key concepts in Agamben's work and his relationship with other thinkers, from Aristotle to Aby Warburg.
Agamben's vocabulary is both expansive and idiosyncratic, with words such as 'infancy', 'gesture' and 'profanation' given specific and complex meaning...
Giorgio Agamben is one of the most important and controversial figures in contemporary continental philosophy and critical theory. His work covers a broad array of topics from biblical criticism to Guantanamo Bay and the war on terror .
Alex Murray explains Agamben s key ideas, including:
an overview of his work from first publication to the present
clear analysis of Agamben s philosophy of language and life
theories of ethics and witnessing
the relationship between Agamben s political writing and his work on aesthetics...
Giorgio Agamben is one of the most important and controversial figures in contemporary continental philosophy and critical theory. His work covers ...
Agamben's vocabulary is both expansive and idiosyncratic, with words such as 'infancy', 'gesture' and 'profanation' given specific and complex meanings that can bewilder the new reader. Bringing together leading scholars in the field, including Steven DeCaroli (Goucher College, Baltimore), Justin Clemens (University of Melbourne), Claire Colebrook (Penn State) and Steven DeCaroli (Goucher College, Baltimore) the 150 entries explain the key concepts in Agamben's work and his relationship with other thinkers, from Aristotle to Aby Warburg.
Agamben's vocabulary is both expansive and idiosyncratic, with words such as 'infancy', 'gesture' and 'profanation' given specific and complex meaning...
The challenges posed by Decadence to Victorian moral conventions - particularly sexual - have been well documented, but this book makes the case for understanding Decadence as a response to the ways in which place was accorded moral value in the period. The book uses landscape as a key trope for exploring Decadent writing's approach to location and identity. Drawing on a wide range of fin-de-siecle literature organised around a series of locations from Naples to New York, Murray argues that Decadent writers developed a form of landscape and place-based writing using a series of stylistic...
The challenges posed by Decadence to Victorian moral conventions - particularly sexual - have been well documented, but this book makes the case for u...
