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Towards the Critique of Violence - Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben (Hardcover): Brendan Moran, Carlo Salzani Towards the Critique of Violence - Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben (Hardcover)
Brendan Moran, Carlo Salzani
R4,265 Discovery Miles 42 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the past two and a half decades, Walter Benjamin's early essay 'Towards the Critique of Violence' (1921) has taken a central place in politico-philosophic debates. The complexity and perhaps even the occasional obscurity of Benjamin's text have undoubtedly contributed to the diversity, conflict, and richness of contemporary readings. Interest has heightened following the attention that philosophers such as Jacques Derrida and Giorgio Agamben have devoted to it. Agamben's own interest started early in his career with his 1970 essay, 'On the Limits of Violence', and Benjamin's essay continues to be a fundamental reference in Agamben's work. Written by internationally recognized scholars, Towards the Critique of Violence is the first book to explore politico-philosophic implications of Benjamin's 'Critique of Violence' and correlative implications of Benjamin's resonance in Agamben's writings. Topics of this collection include mythic violence, the techniques of non-violent conflict resolution, ambiguity, destiny or fate, decision and nature, and the relation between justice and thinking. The volume explores Agamben's usage of certain Benjaminian themes, such as Judaism and law, bare life, sacrifice, and Kantian experience, culminating with the English translation of Agamben's 'On the Limits of Violence'.

Saramago's Philosophical Heritage (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Carlo Salzani, Kristof K. P. Vanhoutte Saramago's Philosophical Heritage (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Carlo Salzani, Kristof K. P. Vanhoutte
R2,795 Discovery Miles 27 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The past decades have seen a growing "philosophical" interest in a number of authors, but strangely enough Saramago's oeuvre has been left somewhat aside. This volume aims at filling this gap by providing a diverse range of philosophical perspectives and expositions on Saramago's work. The chapters explore some possible issues arising from his works: from his use of Plato's allegory of the cave to his re-readings of Biblical stories; from his critique and "reinvention" of philosophy of history to his allegorical exploration of alternative histories; from his humorous approach to our being-towards-death to the revolutionary political charge of his fiction. The essays here confront Saramago's fiction with concepts, theories, and suggestions belonging to various philosophical traditions and philosophers including Plato, Pascal, Kierkegaard, Freud, Benjamin, Heidegger, Lacan, Foucault, Patocka, Derrida, Agamben, and Zizek.

Philosophy and Kafka (Paperback): Brendan Moran, Carlo Salzani Philosophy and Kafka (Paperback)
Brendan Moran, Carlo Salzani; Contributions by Paul Alberts, Ronald Bogue, Chris Danta, …
R1,296 Discovery Miles 12 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The relationship of philosophy with Kafka's oeuvre is complex. It has been argued that Kafka's novels and stories defy philosophic extrapolation; conversely, it has also been suggested that precisely the tendency of Kafka's writings to elude discursive solution is itself a philosophical tendency, one that is somehow contributing to a wiser relationship of human beings with language. These matters are the focus of the proposed volume on Philosophy and Kafka. The proposed collection brings together essays that interrogate the relationship of philosophy and Kafka, and offer new and original interpretations. The volume obviously cannot claim completeness, but it partially does justice to the multiplicity of philosophical issues and philosophical interpretations at stake. This variety informs the composition of the volume itself. A number of essays focus on specific philosophical commentaries on Kafka's work, from Adorno's to Agamben's, from Arendt's to Benjamin's, from Deleuze and Guattari's to Derrida's. A number of essays consider the possible relevance of certain philosophical outlooks for examining Kafka's writings: here Kafka's name goes alongside those of Socrates, Kant, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Buber, Heidegger, Blanchot, and Levinas. Finally, a number of essays consider Kafka's writings in terms of a specific philosophical theme, such as communication and subjectivity, language and meaning, knowledge and truth, the human/animal divide, justice, and freedom. In all contributions to the volume, such themes, motifs, and interpretations arise. To varying degrees, all essays are concerned with the relationship of literature and philosophy, and thus with the philosophical significance of Kafka's writings.

Philosophy and Kafka (Hardcover, New): Brendan Moran, Carlo Salzani Philosophy and Kafka (Hardcover, New)
Brendan Moran, Carlo Salzani; Contributions by Paul Alberts, Ronald Bogue, Chris Danta, …
R2,280 Discovery Miles 22 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The relationship of philosophy with Kafka's oeuvre is complex. It has been argued that Kafka's novels and stories defy philosophic extrapolation; conversely, it has also been suggested that precisely the tendency of Kafka's writings to elude discursive solution is itself a philosophical tendency, one that is somehow contributing to a wiser relationship of human beings with language. These matters are the focus of the proposed volume on Philosophy and Kafka. The proposed collection brings together essays that interrogate the relationship of philosophy and Kafka, and offer new and original interpretations. The volume obviously cannot claim completeness, but it partially does justice to the multiplicity of philosophical issues and philosophical interpretations at stake. This variety informs the composition of the volume itself. A number of essays focus on specific philosophical commentaries on Kafka's work, from Adorno's to Agamben's, from Arendt's to Benjamin's, from Deleuze and Guattari's to Derrida's. A number of essays consider the possible relevance of certain philosophical outlooks for examining Kafka's writings: here Kafka's name goes alongside those of Socrates, Kant, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Buber, Heidegger, Blanchot, and Levinas. Finally, a number of essays consider Kafka's writings in terms of a specific philosophical theme, such as communication and subjectivity, language and meaning, knowledge and truth, the human/animal divide, justice, and freedom. In all contributions to the volume, such themes, motifs, and interpretations arise. To varying degrees, all essays are concerned with the relationship of literature and philosophy, and thus with the philosophical significance of Kafka's writings.

Animality in Contemporary Italian Philosophy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Felice Cimatti, Carlo Salzani Animality in Contemporary Italian Philosophy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Felice Cimatti, Carlo Salzani
R2,816 Discovery Miles 28 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume provides an overview of contemporary Italian philosophy from the perspective of animality. Its rationale rests on two main premises: the great topicality of both Italian contemporary philosophy (the so-called "Italian Theory") and of the animal question (the so-called "animal turn" in the humanities and the social sciences) in the contemporary philosophical panorama. The volume not only intersects these two axes, illuminating Italian Theory through the animal question, but also proposes an original thesis: that the animal question is a central and founding issue of contemporary Italian philosophy. It combines historical-descriptive chapters with analyses of the theme in several philosophical branches, such as biopolitics, Posthumanism, Marxism, Feminism, Antispeciesism and Theology, and with original contributions by renowned authors of contemporary Italian (animal) philosophy. The volume is both historical-descriptive and speculative and is intended for a broad academic audience, embracing both Italian studies and Animal studies at all levels.

Constellations of Reading - Walter Benjamin in Figures of Actuality (Paperback, New edition): Carlo Salzani Constellations of Reading - Walter Benjamin in Figures of Actuality (Paperback, New edition)
Carlo Salzani
R2,055 Discovery Miles 20 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How to read Walter Benjamin today? This book argues that the proper way is through an approach which recognizes and respects his own peculiar theorization of the act of reading and the politics of interpretation that this entails. The approach must be figural, that is, focused on images, and driven by the notion of actualization. Figural reading, in the very sui generis Benjarninian way, understands figures as constellations, whereby an image of the past juxtaposes them with an image of the present and is thus actualized. To apply this method to Benjamin's own work means first to identify some figures. The book singles out the Flaneur, the Detective, the Prostitute and the Ragpicker, and then sets them alongside a contemporary account of the same figure: the Flaneur in Juan Goytisolo's Landscapes after the Battle (1982), the Detective in Paul Auster's New York Trilogy (1987), the Prostitute in Dacia Maraini's Dialogue between a Prostitute and her Client (1973), and the Ragpicker in Mudrooroo's The Mudrooroo/Muller Project (1993). The book thereby, on the one hand, analyses the politics of reading Benjamin today and, on the other, sets his work against a variety of contemporary aesthetics and politics of interpretation.

Animality in Contemporary Italian Philosophy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020): Felice Cimatti, Carlo Salzani Animality in Contemporary Italian Philosophy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Felice Cimatti, Carlo Salzani
R2,792 Discovery Miles 27 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume provides an overview of contemporary Italian philosophy from the perspective of animality. Its rationale rests on two main premises: the great topicality of both Italian contemporary philosophy (the so-called "Italian Theory") and of the animal question (the so-called "animal turn" in the humanities and the social sciences) in the contemporary philosophical panorama. The volume not only intersects these two axes, illuminating Italian Theory through the animal question, but also proposes an original thesis: that the animal question is a central and founding issue of contemporary Italian philosophy. It combines historical-descriptive chapters with analyses of the theme in several philosophical branches, such as biopolitics, Posthumanism, Marxism, Feminism, Antispeciesism and Theology, and with original contributions by renowned authors of contemporary Italian (animal) philosophy. The volume is both historical-descriptive and speculative and is intended for a broad academic audience, embracing both Italian studies and Animal studies at all levels.

Saramago's Philosophical Heritage (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018): Carlo Salzani, Kristof K.... Saramago's Philosophical Heritage (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
Carlo Salzani, Kristof K. P. Vanhoutte
R2,549 Discovery Miles 25 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The past decades have seen a growing "philosophical" interest in a number of authors, but strangely enough Saramago's oeuvre has been left somewhat aside. This volume aims at filling this gap by providing a diverse range of philosophical perspectives and expositions on Saramago's work. The chapters explore some possible issues arising from his works: from his use of Plato's allegory of the cave to his re-readings of Biblical stories; from his critique and "reinvention" of philosophy of history to his allegorical exploration of alternative histories; from his humorous approach to our being-towards-death to the revolutionary political charge of his fiction. The essays here confront Saramago's fiction with concepts, theories, and suggestions belonging to various philosophical traditions and philosophers including Plato, Pascal, Kierkegaard, Freud, Benjamin, Heidegger, Lacan, Foucault, Patocka, Derrida, Agamben, and Zizek.

Agamben's Philosophical Lineage (Hardcover): Adam Kotsko, Carlo Salzani Agamben's Philosophical Lineage (Hardcover)
Adam Kotsko, Carlo Salzani
R3,733 Discovery Miles 37 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the greatest challenges Agamben presents to his readers is the vast and often bewildering range of sources he draws upon in his work. Looking at figures including Michel Foucault, St Paul, Nietzsche, the Marquis de Sade, Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt, this one-stop reference to Agamben's influences covers 30 thinkers: his primary interlocutors, his secondary references, and the figures who lurk in the background of his arguments without being directly mentioned.

Agamben's Philosophical Lineage (Paperback): Adam Kotsko, Carlo Salzani Agamben's Philosophical Lineage (Paperback)
Adam Kotsko, Carlo Salzani
R859 R766 Discovery Miles 7 660 Save R93 (11%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

One of the greatest challenges Agamben presents to his readers is the vast and often bewildering range of sources he draws upon in his work. Looking at figures including Michel Foucault, St Paul, Nietzsche, the Marquis de Sade, Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt, this one-stop reference to Agamben's influences covers 30 thinkers: his primary interlocutors, his secondary references, and the figures who lurk in the background of his arguments without being directly mentioned.

Hopeful Monsters - Art by Alessandro Chiodo Text by Carlo Salzani (Paperback): Carlo Salzani, Alessandro Chiodo Hopeful Monsters - Art by Alessandro Chiodo Text by Carlo Salzani (Paperback)
Carlo Salzani, Alessandro Chiodo
R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Towards the Critique of Violence - Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben (Paperback): Brendan Moran, Carlo Salzani Towards the Critique of Violence - Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben (Paperback)
Brendan Moran, Carlo Salzani
R1,519 Discovery Miles 15 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the past two and a half decades, Walter Benjamin's early essay 'Towards the Critique of Violence' (1921) has taken a central place in politico-philosophic debates. The complexity and perhaps even the occasional obscurity of Benjamin's text have undoubtedly contributed to the diversity, conflict, and richness of contemporary readings. Interest has heightened following the attention that philosophers such as Jacques Derrida and Giorgio Agamben have devoted to it. Agamben's own interest started early in his career with his 1970 essay, 'On the Limits of Violence', and Benjamin's essay continues to be a fundamental reference in Agamben's work. Written by internationally recognized scholars, Towards the Critique of Violence is the first book to explore politico-philosophic implications of Benjamin's 'Critique of Violence' and correlative implications of Benjamin's resonance in Agamben's writings. Topics of this collection include mythic violence, the techniques of non-violent conflict resolution, ambiguity, destiny or fate, decision and nature, and the relation between justice and thinking. The volume explores Agamben's usage of certain Benjaminian themes, such as Judaism and law, bare life, sacrifice, and Kantian experience, culminating with the English translation of Agamben's 'On the Limits of Violence'.

Fotografien - PORTRAETS UND STILLLEBEN: Mit Beitragen von Larissa Ferro und Carlo Salzani (German, Paperback): Carlo Salzani,... Fotografien - PORTRAETS UND STILLLEBEN: Mit Beitragen von Larissa Ferro und Carlo Salzani (German, Paperback)
Carlo Salzani, Larissa Ferro; Alessandro Chiodo
R1,053 Discovery Miles 10 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
L'IGNORANZA DEL POETA poesie 2018 - 1994 - A cura e con una postfazione di Delfo Cecchi. Contributi di Bartoccio, Cecchi,... L'IGNORANZA DEL POETA poesie 2018 - 1994 - A cura e con una postfazione di Delfo Cecchi. Contributi di Bartoccio, Cecchi, di Stefano, Jaeschke, Maggiani, Salzani. (Italian, Paperback)
Delfo Cecchi, Carlo Salzani, Giovanni DiStefano
R509 Discovery Miles 5 090 Out of stock
Gemalde 2018-2015 (German, Paperback): Carlo Salzani, Giovanni DiStefano, Saskia Jogler Gemalde 2018-2015 (German, Paperback)
Carlo Salzani, Giovanni DiStefano, Saskia Jogler
R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Die UNWISSENHEIT DER BILDER Fotografien - Herausgegeben von Ferro, Jaeschke, Salzani (German, Paperback): Larissa Ferro, Dieter... Die UNWISSENHEIT DER BILDER Fotografien - Herausgegeben von Ferro, Jaeschke, Salzani (German, Paperback)
Larissa Ferro, Dieter Jaeschke, Carlo Salzani
R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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