Form of Life: Agamben and the Destitution of Rules / / Gian Fusco.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Fusco, Gian,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Encounters in Law & Philosophy : ELP
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; One Form-of-Life --; Two The Theory and Practice of Destituent Potential --; Three Doing and Undoing Law --; Four Inoperative Being: Against Work --; Five On Use, Law and the Common --; Six From the Anarchy of Power to the Anarchy of Being --; Conclusions: Six Theses on Form-of-life --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474460941; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110993004; 9783110993011; 9783110797640
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474460941
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gian Fusco.

A rigorous reading of Agamben’s concept of form-of-lifeDiscusses Agamben’s political thought and the question of anarchyRe-evaluates Agamben’s thought in light of his later works and the recent completion of the Homo Sacer seriesConsiders Agamben’s related works on use, praxis, inoperativity, and destitutioOutlines a theoretical framework through which to think of a non-state and non-legal politicsExplores underappreciated influences of Agamben’s philosophyThe concept of a form-of-life is the centre of gravity around which Agamben has advanced his attempts to think of an alternative politics. It refers to a living dimension that has overthrown the structures of power in which humans are supposedly destined to live, disclosing the possibility of a new understanding of political and legal life. By placing ‘form-of-life’ in the context of contemporary philosophy, this book re-imagines anew some of the basic categories of human socialities – such as work, rights, obligation, property, and use. It explores the ways in which Agamben’s philosophy might be a strategic resource for developing political and legal strategies that leave behind a situation dominated by pervasive sovereign violence.At a moment of history in which the fundamental promises of Western modernity are undergoing a decisive crisis, to look beyond the basic categories of human social institutions becomes an urgency. Through a close engagement with Agamben’s concept of form-of-life, this book seeks to challenge the current crisis of juridical, political and economic reality.