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Agamben and colonialism

By Marcelo , AGAMBEN , Giorgio; Bignall , Simone; Svirsky

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
074864394X, 978-0-7486-4394-3, 978-0-7486-4395-0, 0748643958, 9781280874840, 1280874848, 978-0-7486-4393-6, 978-0-7486-4926-6, 978-0-7486-4925-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2703492 bytes)
Series
Critical connections
Edition
1
Pages
296\305
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

12 new essays evaluating Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory.Agamben's theories of the 'state of exception' and 'bare life' are situated in critical relation to the existence of these phenomena in the colonial/postcolonial world

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