Giorgio Agamben: A Critical Introduction

Giorgio Agamben is a philosopher well known for his brilliance and erudition, as well as for the difficulty and diversity of his seventeen books. The interest which his Homo Sacer sparked in America is likely to continue to grow for a great many years to come. Giorgio Agamben: A Critical Introduction presents the complexity and continuity of Agamben's philosophy--and does so for two separate and distinct audiences. It attempts to provide readers possessing little or no familiarity with Agamben's writings with points of entry for exploring them. For those already well acquainted with Agamben's thought, it offers a critical analysis of the achievements that have marked it.

Author: Leland de la Durantaye
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 05/21/2009
Pages: 485
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780804761437

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2009
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 4

About the Author
Leland de la Durantaye is Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of English at Harvard University. He is the author of Style is Matter: The Moral Art of Vladimir Nabokov (2007).