Catastrophe and Redemption - The Political Thought of Giorgio Agamben (Paperback)

Challenging the prevalent account of Agamben as a pessimistic thinker, "Catastrophe and Redemption" proposes a reading of his political thought in which the redemptive element of his work is not a curious aside but instead is fundamental to his project. Jessica Whyte considers his critical account of contemporary politics his argument that Western politics has been biopolitics since its inception, his critique of human rights, his argument that the state of exception is now the norm, and the paradigmatic significance he attributes to the concentration camp and shows that it is in the midst of these catastrophes of the present that Agamben sees the possibility of a form of profane redemption. Whyte outlines the importance of potentiality in his attempt to formulate a new politics, examines his relation to Jewish and Christian strands of messianism, and interrogates the new forms of praxis that he situates within contemporary commodity culture, taking Agamben s thought as a call for the creation of new political forms."

General

Imprint:	State University of New York Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Release date:	July 2014
First published:	July 2014
Authors:	Jessica Whyte
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	223
ISBN-13:	978-1-4384-4852-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
LSN:	1-4384-4852-X
Barcode:	9781438448527

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