Giorgio Agamben

A Critical Introduction

By: Leland de la Durantaye

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Hardcover | 21 May 2009

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Giorgio Agamben is a philosopher well known for his brilliance and erudition, as well as for the difficulty and diversity of his seventeen books. The interest which his Homo Sacer sparked in America is likely to continue to grow for a great many years to come. Giorgio Agamben: A Critical Introduction presents the complexity and continuity of Agamben's philosophy-and does so for two separate and distinct audiences. It attempts to provide readers possessing little or no familiarity with Agamben's writings with points of entry for exploring them. For those already well acquainted with Agamben's thought, it offers a critical analysis of the achievements that have marked it.

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"[D]e la Durantaye's critical introduction for Stanford's increasingly impressive work in continental philosophy ... assist[s] in clarifying why Agamben's philosophy deserves our attention ... [de la Durantaye] shows a delicate touch in noting important conceptual connections many might overlook in the primary sources." - Benjamin Hutchens, Philosophy in Review "Leland de la Durantaye has not only offered an illuminating and provocative account of Agamben's most important work, he has also made this philosophical corpus appealing and accessible to a very broad audience - to all those interested in aesthetics, literature, ethics, and political theory. Carefully attuned to the multiple voices of Agamben's rich polyphony, in both a theoretical and historical sense, this book generously invites the reader to consider and reflect upon some of the most pressing issues in contemporary thought." - John Hamilton, New York University "Readers of Giorgio Agamben have long yearned for a guide to his work. This book is just such a guide: comprehensive, erudite, reliable, up-to-date, accessible, and properly critical. Leland de la Durantaye traces meticulously the development of concepts and terms in Agamben's oeuvre and provides future scholarship with a sound footing." - Wlad Godzic, University of California, Santa Cruz

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