The Figure of This World : Agamben and the Question of Political Ontology
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0748684093
ISBN-13
9780748684090
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
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Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
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GB
Publication Date
Jan 31st, 2014
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
496 grams
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24.00 x 16.50 x 1.80 cms
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Philosophy: metaphysics & ontologySocial & political philosophyPolitical science & theory
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The work of the Italian Continental philosopher Giorgio Agamben is usually read in terms of critical theory or traditional political philosophy. In this book, the author argues that Agamben's thought has been widely misunderstood. It radically reinterprets Agamben's political philosophy, including his concepts of 'bare life' and 'the exception'.
What 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.
Abbot 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.
Abbot 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.
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