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Means Without End: Notes on Politics
Giorgio Agamben
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Description for Means Without End: Notes on Politics
Paperback. Translator(s): Binetti, Vincenzo; Casarino, Cesare. Series: Theory out of bounds. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 128 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 156.
An essential reevaluation of the proper role of politics in contemporary life. In this critical rethinking of the categories of politics within a new sociopolitical and historical context, the distinguished political philosopher Giorgio Agamben builds on his previous work to address the status and nature of politics itself. Bringing politics face-to-face with its own failures of consciousness and consequence, Agamben frames his analysis in terms of clear contemporary relevance. He proposes, in his characteristically allusive and intriguing way, a politics of gesture—a politics of means without end.Among the topics Agamben takes up are the "properly" political paradigms of experience, as ... Read more
An essential reevaluation of the proper role of politics in contemporary life. In this critical rethinking of the categories of politics within a new sociopolitical and historical context, the distinguished political philosopher Giorgio Agamben builds on his previous work to address the status and nature of politics itself. Bringing politics face-to-face with its own failures of consciousness and consequence, Agamben frames his analysis in terms of clear contemporary relevance. He proposes, in his characteristically allusive and intriguing way, a politics of gesture—a politics of means without end.Among the topics Agamben takes up are the "properly" political paradigms of experience, as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Theory out of bounds
Condition
New
Weight
155g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816630363
SKU
V9780816630363
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