Agamben

by Claire Colebrook and Jason Maxwell

Book Overview

Until recently, "continental" philosophy has been tied either to the German tradition of phenomenology or to French post-structuralist concerns with the conditions of language and textuality. Giorgio Agamben draws upon and departs from both these lines of thought by directing his entire corpus to the problem of life - political life, human life, animal life, and the life of art. Influenced by the work of Martin Heidegger, Walter Benjamin, and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745653111
• ISBN13: 9780745653112
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"