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OverviewRequiring no prior knowledge of the series, Colby Dickinson provides a guide to understanding why Agamben's Homer Sacer series is one of the most significant philosophical texts of the past century. He explores key concepts including sovereignty, potentiality, form-of-life, the state of exception, inoperativity, glory and the messianic as they appear and reappear throughout the series. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Colby DickinsonPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9781474486705ISBN 10: 1474486703 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 31 May 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"While Giorgio Agamben is the author of dozens of books spanning many decades, his most influential work and his true intellectual legacy is the monumental Homo Sacer project. In this book, Colby Dickinson provides not only an introduction to this multi-volume oeuvre, but more importantly, demonstrates its urgent relevance for understanding our contemporary world and the indispensable role of philosophy in critiquing and transforming it. -- ""Adam Kotsko, North Central College""" "Reading a good book takes time, and this is one of these books that deserves time. It also deserves to be taken up again at a later moment to further develop insights. Even when the subject of the book is not directly linked to one's own research, it opens new perspectives. It can even pave the way for further exploration of certain topics already known to the reader rendering these topics both more complex and more insightful.--Jens Van Rompaey, KU Leuven ""Louvain Studies"" While Giorgio Agamben is the author of dozens of books spanning many decades, his most influential work and his true intellectual legacy is the monumental Homo Sacer project. In this book, Colby Dickinson provides not only an introduction to this multi-volume oeuvre, but more importantly, demonstrates its urgent relevance for understanding our contemporary world and the indispensable role of philosophy in critiquing and transforming it. -- ""Adam Kotsko, North Central College""" Author InformationColby Dickinson, Associate Professor of Theology, Loyola University, Chicago. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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