ITALIAN

Pinocchio

By Giorgio Agamben

Book information

Publisher
Seagull Books
Year
2023
ISBN
1803091398, 9781803091396
Language
italian
Format
EPUB
Filesize
13 MB (13409456 bytes)
Series
The Italian List
Pages
212\0
Time added
2023-12-30 10:56:36

Description

A richly illustrated analysis from one of Europe’s greatest living philosophers. In Pinocchio, Giorgio Agamben turns his keen philosopher’s eye to the famous nineteenth-century novel by Carlo Collodi. To Agamben, Pinocchio’s adventures are a kind of initiation into life itself. Like us, the mischievous puppet is caught between two worlds. He is faced with the alternatives of submitting to authority or of carrying on, stubbornly indulging his way of being. From Agamben’s virtuoso interpretation of this classic story, we learn that we can harbor the mystery of existence only if we are not aware of it, only if we manage to cohabit with an area of non-knowledge, immemorial and very near. Richly illustrated with images from three early editions of Collodi’s novel, this new volume will delight enthusiasts of both literature and philosophy.

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