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An engaging collection of late-life reflections and quick thoughts, a book unlike any other Agamben book. What can the senses of an attentive philosopher see, hear, and learn that can, in turn, teach us about living better lives? Perhaps it's less a m
Agamben is the rare writer whose ideas and works have a broad appeal across many fields, and Nymphs will engage not only the authors devoted fans in philosophy, legal theory, sociology, and literary criticism but also his growing audience among art theori
How and why did experience and knowledge become separated? Is it possible to talk of an infancy of experience, a "dumb" experience? For Walter Benjamin, the "poverty of experience" was a characteristic of modernity, originating in the
What is at stake in that form of inquiry that the western philosophical tradition has called first philosophy or metaphysics? Is it an abstract, now outmoded branch of philosophy, or does it address a problem that is still of great interest namely the un
An inquiry into the origins of language and articulation, exploring how the transformation of the human voice shaped history, politics, and thought. What does it mean to have a voice--and how does it shape what it means to be human? In The Human Voice , G
In a tour-de-force reinterpretation of the Christian tradition, Agamben shows that the Garden of Eden has always served as a symbol for humanitys true nature. What happened to paradise after Adam and Eve were expelled? The question may sound like a theolo
In attempting to answer the question posed by this book's title, Giorgio Agamben does not address the idea of philosophy itself. Rather, he turns to the apparently most insignificant of its components: the phonemes, letters, syllables, and words that
A rare autobiographical glimpse into the life and influences of one of Europe's greatest living philosophers. This book's title, Self-Portrait in the Studio --a familiar iconographic subject in the history of painting--is intended to be taken lite
In this follow-up to The Kingdom and the Glory and The Highest Poverty , Agamben investigates the roots of our moral concept of duty in the theory and practice of Christian liturgy. Beginning with the New Testament and working through to late scholasticis
One of Europe's greatest living philosophers, Giorgio Agamben, analyzes the life and work of one of Europe's greatest poets, Friedrich Hoelderlin. What does it mean to inhabit a place or a self? What is a habit? And, for human beings, doesn't
Creation and the giving of orders are closely entwined in Western culture, where God commands the world into existence and later issues the injunctions known as the Ten Commandments. The arche , or origin, is always also a command, and a beginning is alwa
A richly illustrated analysis from one of Europe's greatest living philosophers. In Pinocchio, Giorgio Agamben turns his keen philosopher's eye to the famous nineteenth-century novel by Carlo Collodi. To Agamben, Pinocchio's adventures are a k
In this volume, the renowned Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben has collected all of his fierce, passionate, and deeply personal interventions regarding the current health emergency. Alongside and beyond accusations, these texts variously reflect upon th
Tre forelæsninger i teoretisk filosofi af den italienske filosof Giorgio Agamben (f. 1942), der præsenterer centrale og aktuelle temaer i hans forfatterskab. I efterskrift sættes Agambens teorier i relation til andre filosoffer.
We can no longer speak of a state of war in any traditional sense, yet there is currently no viable theory to account for the manifold internal conflicts, or civil wars, that increasingly afflict the world's populations. Meant as a first step toward s
Unquestionably an influential thinker in Italy today, Giorgio Agamben has contributed to some of the most vital philosophical debates of our time. "The Coming Community" is an indispensable addition to the body of his work. How can we conceive a
A philosophical study of the testimony of the survivors of Auschwitz. In this book the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben looks closely at the literature of the survivors of Auschwitz, probing the philosophical and ethical questions raised by their testi
A formidable and influential work, Language and Death sheds a highly original light on issues central to Continental philosophy, literary theory, deconstruction, hermeneutics, and speech-act theory. Focusing especially on the incompatible philosophical sy
Eighty years ago, Ettore Majorana, a brilliant student of Enrico Fermi, disappeared under mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo to Naples. How is it possible that the most talented physicist of his generation vanished without leaving a
A patient, genealogical investigation of the dichotomies that are foundational to the Western philosophical tradition. We are so used to distinguishing between the possible and the real, between essence and existence that we do not realize that these dist
Why has power in the West assumed the form of an "economy," that is, of a government of men and things? If power is essentially government, why does it need glory, that is, the ceremonial and liturgical apparatus that has always accompanied it?
Offers Agamben's genealogy of power in terms of political, philosophical and legal thought. This book investigates the genealogy of the strife between the Polis and its population with particular regard to the Greek concept of stasis and the strife wi
Giorgio Agamben er en af de største nulevende filosoffer, og hans hovedværk, Homo Sacer, er for længst oversat til dansk. Dette, hans nyeste værk, er et forsøg på at genbesøge spørgsmålet om, hvad der i den filosofiske tradition må forstås ved begrebet de
Sprogets sakramente er en indgang til Giorgio Agambens store homo sacer-projekt som helhed. Bogens indledes og er oversat af Søren Gosvig Olesen. Hvad der er på spil med eden, er ikke »bare« forholdet mellem sproget og verden, det er mennesket selv, fordi
"Midler uden mål - Noter til politikken" er en samling af den italienske filosof Giorgio Agambens teoretiske tekster og analyser om politisk filosofi og kulturteori. Agambens kendte værker behandler en række emner og figurer, som i denne tekstsa
In The Time That Remains , Agamben seeks to separate the Pauline texts from the history of the Church that canonized them, thus revealing them to be "the fundamental messianic texts of the West." He argues that Paul's letters are concerned n
What is a rule, if it appears to become confused with life? And what is a human life, if, in every one of its gestures, of its words, and of its silences, it cannot be distinguished from the rule? It is to these questions that Agamben's new book turns
What does it mean to be responsible for our actions? In this brief and elegant study, Giorgio Agamben traces our most profound moral intuitions back to their roots in the sphere of law and punishment. Moral accountability, human free agency, and even the
Signatura rerum er Giorgio Agambens metodebog og aldeles uomgængelig, hvis man vil forstå hans tænkning. Bogen indledes og er oversat af Søren Gosvig Olesen. Bogen er Agambens overvejelser over egen metode, skrevet efter adskillige prøver på denne ganske
The work of Giorgio Agamben, one of Italy's most important and original philosophers, has been based on an uncommon erudition in classical traditions of philosophy and rhetoric, the grammarians of late antiquity, Christian theology, and modern philoso
Det kommende fællesskab er en af Agambens tætteste og vigtigste tekster, og man ville endog kunne sige, at den udgør en elegant opsummering af hans tanker i det hele taget. I Det kommende fællesskab undersøger Giorgio Agamben den vestlige idehistorie med
»Der findes i dag både en »polemologi«, en teori om krigen, og en »irenologi«, en teori om freden, men der findes ingen »stasiologi«, en teori om borgerkrigen«. Stasis Borgerkrigen som politisk paradigme er Giorgio Agambens første skridt hen imod en såda
Det åbne er et helt centralt værk for forståelsen af Giorgio Agambens forfatterskab og desuden smukt i sin nærmest minimalistiske komposition. Bogens indledes og er oversat af Søren Gosvig Olesen. Bogens tema er forfatterskabets hovedtema: antropogenesen,
I forsøget på at besvare det spørgsmål, som bogens titel stiller, tager Giorgio Agamben ikke fat på idéen om filosofi i sig selv. Snarere vender han sig mod dens tilsyneladende mest ubetydelige komponenter: fonemer, bogstaver, stavelser og ord, der samles
Giorgio Agamben er en af vor tids vigtigste og mest indflydelsesrige filosoffer. Hans arbejde er baseret på meget originale fortolkninger af klassiske traditioner inden for filosofi og retorik. Romerretten, senantikkens filosofi, kristen teologi og modern
Hvorledes at tænke en livs-form, altså et menneskeligt liv fuldstændigt unddraget rettens greb og en brug af kroppene og verden, der aldrig konkretiserer sig i en tilegnelse. Med andre ord: at tænke livet som det, der ikke kan tilskrives noget ejerskab, m
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 b
Brugen af kroppene er det afsluttende bind på Giorgio Agambens stort anlagte Homo Sacer-projekt, som har udfoldet sig over 20 år og adskillige bøger. Brugen af kroppene fortsætter projektet med nye og originale fortolkninger af den vestlige filosofi, samt
Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer is one of the seminal works of political philosophy in recent decades. A twenty-year undertaking, this project is a series of interconnected investigations of staggering ambition and scope investigating the deepest foundat