Means without end : notes on politics /
In this critical rethinking of the categories of politics within a new sociopolitical and historical context, the distinguished political philosopher Giorgio Agamben builds on his previous work to address the status and nature of politics itself. Bringing politics face-to-face with its own failures...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Italian |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2000.
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| Series: | Theory out of bounds ;
v. 20. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | In this critical rethinking of the categories of politics within a new sociopolitical and historical context, the distinguished political philosopher Giorgio Agamben builds on his previous work to address the status and nature of politics itself. Bringing politics face-to-face with its own failures of consciousness and consequence, Agamben frames his analysis in terms of clear contemporary relevance. He proposes, in his characteristically allusive and intriguing way, a politics of gesture--a politics of means without end. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (152,3 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816688586 0816688583 0816630364 9780816630363 |