Sergei Prozorov

Agamben and Politics

A Critical Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

Rapidly becoming one of the most celebrated and controversial contemporary thinkers, Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben uses his ideas about ontology - the philosophy of being - as a foundation for his political theory. This book looks at Agamben's entire corpus of political thought.

Produktdetails

• Thinking Politics
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 158mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9780748676217
• ISBN-10: 074867621X
• Artikelnr.: 40623791

Autorenporträt

Sergei Prozorov is Professor of Political Science at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of books including The Biopolitics of Stalinism (2016) and Agamben and Politics (2014), also published by Edinburgh University Press. He has published over 30 articles in major international journals. His research interests include political philosophy, theories of democracy and totalitarianism, biopolitics and governance.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. All's Well That Ends Well: Agamben's Comic Politics
2. The Sabbatical Animal: The Politics of Inoperativity
3. Speaking the Unspeakable: Inoperative Language
4. How to Play with the Law: Inoperative Statehood
5. The Time of the End: Inoperative History
6. Outside of Being: Inoperative Humanity
Conclusion: An Optimist Against All Odds
Bibliography, Index.