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

A fundamental re-reading of Agamben that defends and develops his philosophy as post-Heideggerian political ontologyWhat if we've been wrong when reading Agamben? Mathew Abbott argues that Agamben's thought is misunderstood when read in terms of critical theory or traditional political phi...

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Main Author: Abbott, Mathew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Series:Crosscurrents : CROSS
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Summary:A fundamental re-reading of Agamben that defends and develops his philosophy as post-Heideggerian political ontologyWhat if we've been wrong when reading Agamben? 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.Abbott demonstrates the crucial influence of Martin Heidegger on Agamben's work, locating it in the post-Heideggerian tradition of the critique of metaphysics. He also positions it in relation to the thought of Benjamin, Nietzsche, Levinas, Nancy, and Wittgenstein. As he clarifies it, Abbott links Agamben's philosophy with Wittgenstein's picture theory and Heidegger's concept of the world-picture, showing the importance of this for understanding - and potentially overcoming - the forms of alienation characteristic of the society of the spectacle.Find out moreRead Crosscurrents series editor Chris Watkin's Interview with Mathew Abbott about The Figure of This World
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (232 pages)
ISBN:9780748684106