Survival of the Fireflies Contributor(s): Didi-Huberman, Georges (Author), Swope Mitchell, Lia (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1517905745 ISBN-13: 9781517905743 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $20.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Essays - Philosophy | Criticism - Literary Criticism | European - General |
Dewey: 809 |
LCCN: 2018024552 |
Series: Univocal |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.40 lbs) 112 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Seeking out the minor lights of friendship in a time of fascism Through his readings of Dante, Pasolini, Walter Benjamin, and others, Georges Didi-Huberman seeks again to understand this strange, minor light, the signals of small beings in search of love and friendship. Their flickering presence serves as a counterforce to the blinding sovereign power that Giorgio Agamben calls The Kingdom and the Glory, that artificial brilliance that once surrounded dictators and today emanates from every screen. In this timely reflection, much needed in our time of excessive light, Didi-Huberman's Survival of the Fireflies offers a humble yet powerful image of individual hope and desire: the firefly-image. |