When the House Burns Down - From the Dialect of Thought

When the House Burns Down - From the Dialect of Thought
Giorgio Agamben, Kevin Attell
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5 Feb 2023 UK
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9781803092065
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Giorgio Agamben tackles our crisis-ridden world in a series of powerful philosophical essays. "Which house is burning? " asks Giorgio Agamben. "The country where you live, or Europe, or the whole world? Perhaps the houses, the cities have already burnt down-who knows how long ago? -in a single immense blaze that we pretended not to see. " In this collection of four luminous, lyrical essays, Agamben brings his characteristic combination of philosophical acuity and poetic intensity to bear on a world in crisis. Whether surveying the burning house of our culture in the title essay, the architecture of pure exteriority in "Door and Threshold," the language of prophecy in "Lessons in the Darkness," or the word of the witness in "Testimony and Truth," Agamben' s insights throw a revealing light on questions both timeless and topical. Written in dark times over the past year, and rich with the urgency of our moment, the essays in this volume also seek to show how what appears to be an impasse can, with care and attention, become the door leading to a way out.
Giorgio Agamben is one of Italy' s foremost contemporary thinkers. He recently brought to a close his widely influential archaeology of Western politics, the nine-volume Homo Sacer series. Kevin Attell teaches at Cornell University and is the author of Giorgio Agamben: Beyond the Threshold of Deconstruction.
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ISBN-13: 9781803092065
Published: 5 Feb 2023
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Seagull Books London
Publisher: Seagull Books London
Format: Paperback
Height: 7mm
Width: 5mm
Spine: 1mm
Pages: 86

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