Form of Life: Agamben and the Destitution of Rules
Regular price
€25.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Giacomo Gian Fusco
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
anarchism
Author_Giacomo Gian Fusco
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=LA
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Pre-order
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
Form-of-life
Giorgio Agamben
inoperativity
Language_English
law and philosophy
PA=Available
political ontology
political philosophy
praxis
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Forthcoming
softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9781474460934
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 31 Aug 2024
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
The notion of form-of-life refers to a living dimension that has overthrown the structures of power in which humans are supposedly destined to live, disclosing the possibility of a new understanding of political and legal life. By placing the 'form-of-life' in the context of contemporary philosophy, this book re-imagines anew some of the basic categories of human socialities such as work, rights, obligation, property, and use. It explores the ways in which Agamben's philosophy might be helpful in developing political and legal strategies that leave behind a situation dominated by pervasive sovereign violence.At a moment of history in which the fundamental promises of Western modernity are undergoing a decisive crisis, to look beyond the basic categories of human social institutions becomes an urgency. Through a close engagement with Agamben's concept of form-of-life, this book seeks to challenge the current crisis of juridical, political and economic reality.
