Language and Death : The Place of Negativity Paperback / softback
by Giorgio Agamben
Part of the Theory and History of Literature series
Paperback / softback
Description
A formidable and influential work, Language and Death sheds a highly original light on issues central to Continental philosophy, literary theory, deconstruction, hermeneutics, and speech-act theory.
Focusing especially on the incompatible philosophical systems of Hegel and Heidegger within the space of negativity, Giorgio Agamben offers a rigorous reading of numerous philosophical and poetic works to examine how these issues have been traditionally explored.
Agamben argues that the human being is not just “speaking” and “mortal” but irreducibly “social” and “ethical.”Giorgio Agamben teaches philosophy at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris and at the University of Macerata in Italy.
He is the author of Means without End (2000), Stanzas (1993), and The Coming Community (1993), all published by the University of Minnesota Press.
Karen E. Pinkus is professor of French and Italian at the University of Southern California.
Michael Hardt is professor of literature and romance studies at Duke University.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:136 pages
- Publisher:University of Minnesota Press
- Publication Date:10/09/2006
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- ISBN:9780816649235
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:136 pages
- Publisher:University of Minnesota Press
- Publication Date:10/09/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780816649235
