| The Techne of Giving: Cinema and the Generous Form of Life Contributor(s): Campbell, Timothy C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823273253 ISBN-13: 9780823273256 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2016013978 |
| Series: Commonalities |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a neoliberal milieu of charitable gift-giving, nearly everything given and received becomes the subject of a calculus. Is there another way to conceive of generosity? What would giving and receiving without gifts look like? Bringing political philosophy together with classical Italian cinema, Timothy Campbell opens up the possibility of a generous form of life irreducible to contemporary biopower. |
Contributor Bio(s): Campbell, Timothy C.: - Timothy C. Campbell is Professor of Italian at Cornell University. In addition to his translations of Roberto Esposito's Bios: Biopolitics and |
