Language and Death: The Place of Negativity (Volume 78) (Theory and History of Literature)

Agamben, Giorgio; Pinkus, Karen [Translator]; Hardt, Michael [Translator];

ISBN 10: 0816649235 / ISBN 13: 9780816649235

Published by Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language and Death: The Place of Negativity (Volume 78) (Theory and History of Literature)
• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816649235
• ISBN 13: 9780816649235
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 7 ounces

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Synopsis

A formidable and influential work, Language and Death sheds a highly original light on issues central to Continental philosophy, literary theory, deconstruction, hermeneutics, and speech-act theory. Focusing especially on the incompatible philosophical systems of Hegel and Heidegger within the space of negativity, Giorgio Agamben offers a rigorous reading of numerous philosophical and poetic works to examine how these issues have been traditionally explored. Agamben argues that the human being is not just “speaking” and “mortal” but irreducibly “social” and “ethical.”Giorgio Agamben teaches philosophy at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris and at the University of Macerata in Italy. He is the author of Means without End (2000), Stanzas (1993), and The Coming Community (1993), all published by the University of Minnesota Press. Karen E. Pinkus is professor of French and Italian at the University of Southern California. Michael Hardt is professor of literature and romance studies at Duke University.

About the Author

Giorgio Agamben is the author of more than fifteen books on topics ranging from aesthetics to poetics, ontology to political philosophy. He is best known for his Homo Sacer series. He recently retired from the Università Iuav di Venezia.