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The Agamben Dictionary


Free Download Alex Murray, "The Agamben Dictionary "
English | ISBN: 0748640592 | 2011 | 224 pages | AZW3 | 616 KB
In recent years Agamben’s work has gained prominence for its incisive critique of the Western political tradition. Yet this has often resulted in a selective reading of his broad body of work, rather than one that addresses it as a complex whole. The Agamben Dictionary has brought together leading and emerging scholars from across the world to provide this essential overview of his work.

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Agamben and the Existentialists


Free Download Marcos Antonio Norris, "Agamben and the Existentialists"
English | ISBN: 1474478778 | 2021 | 272 pages | PDF | 2 MB
The Italian political philosopher Giorgio Agamben is not usually seen as an existentialist philosopher. But now, this volume shows how his work creatively repackages important existentialist themes in a politico-theological context. Divided into three sections – ‘Agamben and the Sovereign Exception’, ‘Agamben and the Death of God’ and ‘Existentialist Themes in Agamben’ – this collection challenges, complicates and reimagines Agamben’s critique of the sovereign exception and other existentialist themes including feminism and postcolonialism.

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