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Giorgio Agamben : Beyond the Threshold of Deconstruction /

Agamben's thought has been viewed as descending primarily from the work of Heidegger, Benjamin, and, more recently, Foucault. This book complicates and expands that constellation by showing how throughout his career Agamben has consistently and closely engaged (critically, sympathetically, pole...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Attell, Kevin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Agamben's thought has been viewed as descending primarily from the work of Heidegger, Benjamin, and, more recently, Foucault. This book complicates and expands that constellation by showing how throughout his career Agamben has consistently and closely engaged (critically, sympathetically, polemically, and often implicitly) the work of Derrida as his chief contemporary interlocutor. The book begins by examining the development of Agamben's key concepts infancy, Voice, potentiality from the 1960s to approximately 1990 and shows how these concepts consistently draw on and respond to specific tex.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9780823262083