{"product_id":"forms-of-life-1","title":"Forms of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForms of Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Andreas Gailus argues that the neglect of aesthetics in most contemporary theories of biopolitics has resulted in an overly restricted conception of life. \u003c\/b\u003eHe insists we need a more flexible notion of life: one attuned to the interplay and conflict between its many dimensions and forms. \u003ci\u003eForms of Life\u003c\/i\u003e develops such a notion through the meticulous study of works by Kant, Goethe, Kleist, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Benn, Musil, and others. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGailus shows that the modern conception of \"life\" as a generative, organizing force internal to living beings emerged in the last decades of the eighteenth century in biological thought. At the core of this vitalist strand of thought, Gailus maintains, lies a persistent emphasis on the dynamics of formation and deformation, and thus on an intrinsically aesthetic dimension of life. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForms of Life\u003c\/i\u003e brings this older discourse into critical conversation with contemporary discussions of biopolitics and vitalism, while also developing a rich conception of life that highlights, rather than suppresses, its protean character. Gailus demonstrates that life unfolds in the open-ended interweaving of the myriad forms and modalities of biological, ethical, political, psychical, aesthetic, and biographical systems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243227664728,"sku":"9781501749803","price":128.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781501749803.jpg?v=1778906761","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/forms-of-life-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}