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The Literary Agamben - Adventures in Logopoiesis (Hardcover)
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The Literary Agamben - Adventures in Logopoiesis (Hardcover)
Series: Philosophy, Aesthetics and Cultural Theory
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This is the first complete account of all Giorgio Agamben's
philosophical work on literature. While Giorgio Agamben is most
widely known for his political philosophy, at least a third of his
output is dedicated to unique, technical and revelatory readings of
literature. Indeed, it is impossible to fully understand Agamben's
overall movement towards a Messianic philosophy to come without
knowledge of the role of poetry in his ontology. The Literary
Agamben considers the totality of Agamben's detailed and varied
work on literature and poiesis. Organised around three areas,
language, poiesis and modernity, the book explains Agamben's theory
of literary singularity in all its complexity. William Watkin
details Agamben's particular 'ontological' take on linguistics,
works through Agamben's definition of poetry as the tension between
semantic and semiotic, and engages with Agamben's aggressive yet
insightful critique of modern art as productively nihilistic. The
book presents Agamben's overall conception of poiesis and its
relevancy to future readings in literature, as well as an
understanding of how poiesis forms the crucial third part of
Agamben's overall philosophical system alongside the more widely
disseminated terms 'exception' and 'potentiality'. "The Philosophy,
Aesthetics and Cultural Theory series" examines the encounter
between contemporary Continental philosophy and aesthetic and
cultural theory. Each book in the series explores an exciting new
direction in philosophical aesthetics or cultural theory,
identifying the most important and pressing issues in Continental
philosophy today.
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