Marrying philological dexterity with analytical acumen, this volume goes a very long way to rectify the often superficial way in which the writings of Giorgio Agamben have been treated in an academic discourse where citation often replaces understanding. The editors and contributors should be commended for providing us, at last, with the intellectual instruments to critically approach Agamben’s creation and destruction of a sui generis philosophical tradition.

Alberto Toscano, Goldsmiths, University of London

An ambitious and excellently executed survey of the many influences and interlocutors in the work of Giorgio Agamben, and Kotsko and Salzani’s edited volume is an essential book both for those beginning their study of the author of Homo Sacer and for those who have already studied the Italian philosopher for many years.

- Douglas J. Cremer, Woodbury University, The European Legacy

One of the greatest challenges Agamben presents to his readers is the vast and often bewildering range of sources he draws upon in his work. Looking at figures including Michel Foucault, St Paul, Nietzsche, the Marquis de Sade, Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt, this one-stop reference to Agamben's influences covers 30 thinkers: his primary interlocutors, his secondary references, and the figures who lurk in the background of his arguments without being directly mentioned.
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Looking at figures including Michel Foucault, St Paul, Nietzsche, the Marquis de Sade, Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt, this one-stop reference to Agamben s influences covers 30 thinkers: his primary interlocutors, his secondary references, and the figures who lurk in the background of his arguments without being directly mentioned.
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List of abbreviations Introduction: Agamben as a Reader Adam Kotsko and Carlo Salzani Part I: Primary Interlocutors 1. AristotleJussi Backman 2. Walter BenjaminCarlo Salzani 3. Guy DebordDave Mesing 4. Michel FoucaultVanessa Lemm 5. Martin HeideggerMathew Abbott 6. Paul the ApostleTed Jennings 7. Carl SchmittSergei Prozorov Part II: Points of Reference 8. Hannah ArendtJohn Grumley 9. Georges BatailleNadine Hartmann 10. Émile BenvenisteHenrik Wilberg 11. Dante AlighieriPaolo Bartoloni 12. Gilles DeleuzeClaire Colebrook 13. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAlysia Garrison 14. Friedrich HölderlinHenrik Wilberg 15. Franz KafkaAnke Snoek 16. Immanuel KantSusan Brophy 17. Friedrich NietzscheVanessa Lemm 18. PlatoMika Ojakangas 19. PlotinusMårten Björk 20. Marquis de SadeChristian Grünnagel 21. Baruch SpinozaJeffrey Bernstein 22. Aby WarburgAdi Efal-Lautenschläger Part III: Submerged Dialogues 23. Theodor W. AdornoColby Dickinson 24. Jacques DerridaVirgil Brower 25. Sigmund FreudVirgil Brower 26. Jacques LacanFrances Restuccia 27. Karl MarxJessica Whyte 28. Antonio NegriIngrid Diran 29. Gershom ScholemJulia Ng 30. Simone WeilBeatrice Marovich Conclusion: Agamben as a Reader of AgambenAdam Kotsko About the Contributors Index
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Provides a thorough overview of Agamben’s philosophy

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781474423649
Publisert
2017-10-31
Utgiver
Edinburgh University Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
344

Biografisk notat

Adam Kotsko is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College, Chicago. Carlo Salzani is an independent scholar and translator.