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The Use of Bodies (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
Giorgio Agamben
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Description for The Use of Bodies (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
Paperback. "Originally published in Italian in 2014 under the title L'uso dei corpi." Translator(s): Kotsko, Adam. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 272 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer was one of the seminal works of political philosophy in recent decades. It was also the beginning of a series of interconnected investigations of staggering ambition and scope, investigating the deepest foundations of Western politics and thought. The Use of Bodies represents the ninth and final volume in this twenty-year undertaking, breaking considerable new ground while clarifying the stakes and implications of the project as a whole. It comprises three major sections. The first uses Aristotle's discussion of slavery as a starting point for radically rethinking notions of selfhood; the second calls for a complete reworking of Western ontology; and the third explores the enigmatic concept of form-of-life, which is in many ways the motivating force behind the entire Homo Sacer project. Interwoven between these major sections are shorter reflections on individual thinkers (Debord, Foucault, and Heidegger), while the epilogue pushes toward a new approach to political life that breaks with the destructive deadlocks of Western thought. The Use of Bodies represents a true masterwork by one of our greatest living philosophers.
Product Details
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
Condition
New
Weight
462g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804798402
SKU
V9780804798402
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About Giorgio Agamben
Giorgio Agamben is a contemporary Italian philosopher and political theorist whose works have been translated into numerous languages. His most recent title with Stanford University Press is Stasis (2015).
Reviews for The Use of Bodies (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
In The Use of Bodies, Agamben...takes up again the topic of life, giving us perhaps the most complete genealogy of the philosophical concept of life ever to appear. In particular, Agamben wants to think a conception of life that cannot be separated from its form, a life that cannot be rendered bare. Herein, we are finally treated with Agamben's full conception of the form-of-life, long awaited in his work.
A.J. Smith
Anglican Theological Review
Among the most important features of Agamben's work, evident in this volume as much as in the whole series, is his attention to theological categories, and his realization that secular political philosophy roots its concepts in them...This is an important book. It can be read by itself, with profit, as a version of the arguments Agamben has been offering for more than three decades.
Paul J. Griffiths
Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology
The Use of Bodies completes its task as set out-Agamben draws together lines of inquiry [and] sets the stage for destituent potential as an inspiration for the coming politics....This work is an essential read for any followers of Agamben's work, as well as one of the more accessible works in his Homo Sacer project.
Michael P.A. Murphy
Reading Religion
A.J. Smith
Anglican Theological Review
Among the most important features of Agamben's work, evident in this volume as much as in the whole series, is his attention to theological categories, and his realization that secular political philosophy roots its concepts in them...This is an important book. It can be read by itself, with profit, as a version of the arguments Agamben has been offering for more than three decades.
Paul J. Griffiths
Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology
The Use of Bodies completes its task as set out-Agamben draws together lines of inquiry [and] sets the stage for destituent potential as an inspiration for the coming politics....This work is an essential read for any followers of Agamben's work, as well as one of the more accessible works in his Homo Sacer project.
Michael P.A. Murphy
Reading Religion