Language and Death: The Place of Negativity
by Giorgio Agamben
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Giorgio Agamben is a contemporary Italian philosopher and political theorist whose original works have gained critical acclaim and have been translated into numerous Languages. His most recent books are Creation and Anarchy: The Work or Art and the Religion of Capitalism and What Is Real? Agamben is a frequent contributor to numerous international show more newspapers and other media. show less
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- Language and Death: The Place of Negativity
- Original title
- Il linguaggio e la morte
- Original publication date
- 1982
- Original language*
- Italiano
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- Philosophy, Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 111.5 — Philosophy & psychology Metaphysics (existence, purpose, and the nature of reality) Ontology Nothingness
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- B828.25 .A4213 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Philosophy (General) By period Modern Special topics and schools of philosophy
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