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When the House Burns Down – From the Dialect of Thought
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Giorgio Agamben tackles our crisis-ridden world in a series of powerful philosophical essays.
When the House Burns Down – From the Dialect of Thought poses a critical question: “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.
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ISBN: 9781803092065
Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 May 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd
Audience: Professional and scholarly
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Width: 5.0mm
Height: 7.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 86
About the Author
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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