This book collects fifteen major philosophical essays written over a period of more than twenty years by acclaimed Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. The volume opens with an introduction in which the editor situates Agamben's work with respect to both the history of philosophy and contemporary European thought. The essays that follow articulate a series of theoretical confrontations with privileged figures in the history of philosophy, politics, and criticism, from Plato to Spinoza, Aristotle to Deleuze, Carl Schmitt to ...
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This book collects fifteen major philosophical essays written over a period of more than twenty years by acclaimed Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. The volume opens with an introduction in which the editor situates Agamben's work with respect to both the history of philosophy and contemporary European thought. The essays that follow articulate a series of theoretical confrontations with privileged figures in the history of philosophy, politics, and criticism, from Plato to Spinoza, Aristotle to Deleuze, Carl Schmitt to Benjamin, Hegel to Aby Warburg, and Heidegger to Derrida. Three fundamental concepts organize the collection as a whole: language, in the sense not of particular statements but rather the very taking place of speech, the pure fact of language's existence; history, as it appears from a perspective in which tradition, transmission, and memory reach their messianic fulfillment; and potentiality, understood as a fundamental problem of metaphysics, ethics, and the philosophy of language. All these topics converge in the final part of the book, in which Agamben offers an extensive reading of Melville's short story "Bartleby the Scrivener" as a work that puts potentiality and actuality, possibility and reality, in an altogether new light.
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Good Condition. Slight wear on the edges and corners, but otherwise in good shape. Contents mostly clean and unmarked. Solid, secure bindings. Publisher's note: This volume constitutes the largest collection of writings by the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben hitherto published in any language, and all but one apear in English for the first time. The essays consider figures in the history of philosophy. Size: 15.2 x 23 x 1.1 cm. x, 307 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Philosophy; Aesthetics, Modern--20th century; Language and languages--Philosophy; ISBN: 0804732787. ISBN/EAN: 9780804732789. Add. Inventory No: 240205RMS012066.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9780804732789.
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New. The essays in this volume consider figures in the history of philosophy such as Plato, Plotinus, Spinoza, and Hegel; and 20th-century thought, most notably Walter Benjamin, but also Heidegger, Derrida, Deleuze, the historian Aby Warburg, and the linguist J. -C. Milner. Editor(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454. 1999. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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