The figure of this world :: Agamben and the question of political ontology /

What if we've been wrong when reading Agamben? The work of the Italian Continental philosopher Giorgio Agamben is usually read in terms of critical theory or traditional political philosophy. Now Mathew Abbott argues that Agamben's thought has been widely misunderstood. Instead, he shows t...

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Main Author: Abbott, Mathew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Series:Crosscurrents (Edinburgh University Press)
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:What if we've been wrong when reading Agamben? The work of the Italian Continental philosopher Giorgio Agamben is usually read in terms of critical theory or traditional political philosophy. Now Mathew Abbott argues that Agamben's thought has been widely misunderstood. Instead, he shows that it engages with political ontology: studying the political stakes of the question of being.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 220 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index.
ISBN:1306465338
9781306465335
9780748684106
0748684107
9780748684090
0748684093

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