Discussion of Agamben 'What is an apparatus?' and Deleuze.
The three svelte essays in What Is an Apparatus? rely on a similar reanimation of ancient concepts. Though Agamben’s work is often at its most persuasive at essay length or even in the form of an enigmatic fragment, here the links do not always convince. The title essay is the least enlightening.What Is an Apparatus? and Other Essays: Amazon.it: Giorgio Agamben, David Kishik, Stefan Pedatella: Libri in altre lingue. Passa al contenuto principale. Iscriviti a Prime Ciao, Accedi Account e liste Accedi Account e liste Ordini Iscriviti a Prime Carrello. Tutte le categorie. VAI.Modern totalitarianism can be defined as the establishment, by means of the state of exception, of a legal civil war that allows for the physical elimination not only of political adversaries but of entire categories of citizens who for some reason cannot be integrated into the political system.
Giorgio Agamben (b. 1942) is one of the leading figures in philosophy and political theory. His unique readings of literature, literary theory, continental philosophy, political thought, religious studies, and art have made him one of the most innovative thinkers of our time.Giorgio Agamben (born 22 April 1942) is an Italian philosopher best known for his work investigating the concepts of the state of exception, form-of-life (borrowed from Ludwig Wittgenstein) and homo sacer. The concept of biopolitics (carried forth from the work of Michel Foucault) informs many of his writings.
The three essays collected in this book offer a succinct introduction to Agamben’s recent work through an investigation of Foucault’s notion of the apparatus, a meditation on the intimate link of philosophy to friendship, and a reflection on contemporariness, or the singular relation one may have to one’s own time.
