The Figure of This World : : Agamben and the Question of Political Ontology /

The Figure of This World : : Agamben and the Question of Political Ontology / / Mathew Abbott.

A fundamental re-reading of Agamben that defends and develops his philosophy as post-Heideggerian political ontologyWhat 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 phi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Abbott, Mathew,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2014
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Crosscurrents : CROSS
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Introduction: The Figure of This World
  • 1. The Question of Political Ontology
  • 2. The Poetic Experience of the World
  • 3. The Myth of the Earth
  • 4. The Unbearable
  • 5. The Creature before the Law
  • 6. The Animal for which Animality is an Issue
  • 7. Understanding the Happy
  • 8. The Picture and its Captives
  • 9. The Passing of the Figure of This World
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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