Author: Giorgio Agamben

Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben takes a close look at why the sense of taste has not historically been appreciated as a means to know and exper...

Is it meaningful to call oneself a democrat? And if so, how do you interpret the word? In responding to this question, eight iconoclastic thinkers...

A rare autobiographical glimpse into the life and influences of one of Europe's greatest living philosophers. This books title, Self-Portrait in th...

One of Europes greatest living philosophers, Giorgio Agamben, analyzes the life and work of one of Europes greatest poets, Friedrich Hölderlin. Wha...

Agamben is the rare writer whose ideas and works have a broad appeal across many fields, and Nymphs will engage not only the authors devoted fans i...

What is at stake in that form of inquiry that the western philosophical tradition has called first philosophy or metaphysics? Is it an abstract, no...

What is at stake in that form of inquiry that the western philosophical tradition has called first philosophy or metaphysics? Is it an abstract, no...

Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer was one of the seminal works of political philosophy in recent decades. It was also the beginning of a series of inter...

Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben is the rare writer whose ideas and works have a broad appeal across many fields, and his devoted fans are not...

A richly illustrated analysis from one of Europes greatest living philosophers.   In Pinocchio, Giorgio Agamben turns his keen philosophers eye to ...

Why has power in the West assumed the form of an economy, that is, of a government of men and things? If power is essentially government, why does ...

Why has power in the West assumed the form of an economy, that is, of a government of men and things? If power is essentially government, why does ...

In a tour-de-force reinterpretation of the Christian tradition, Agamben shows that the Garden of Eden has always served as a symbol for humanitys t...

A brief study of select Western art from Italys foremost philosopher. In Renaissance palaces, the studiolo was a small room to which the prince wit...

One of Europes greatest living philosophers, Giorgio Agamben, analyzes the life and work of one of Europes greatest poets, Friedrich Hölderlin. Wha...

Eighty years ago, Ettore Majorana, a brilliant student of Enrico Fermi, disappeared under mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo...