The Figure of This World: Agamben and the Question of Political Ontology Contributor(s): Abbott, Mathew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748684093 ISBN-13: 9780748684090 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Philosophy | Criticism - Philosophy | Individual Philosophers |
Dewey: 195 |
Series: Crosscurrents (Edinburgh University Press) |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.05 lbs) 232 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: What if we've been wrong when reading Agamben? Mathew Abbott argues that Agamben's thought is misunderstood when read in terms of critical theory or traditional political philosophy. Instead, he shows that it engages with political ontology: studying the political stakes of the question of being. Abbot demonstrates the crucial influence of Martin Heidegger on Agamben's work, locating it in the post-Heideggerian tradition of the critique of metaphysics. As he clarifies it, Abbott links Agamben's philosophy with Wittgenstein's picture theory and Heidegger's concept of the world-picture, showing the importance of this for understanding - and potentially overcoming - the forms of alienation characteristic of the society of the spectacle. |