Towards the critique of violence: Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben
In the past two and a half decades, Walter Benjamin's early essay 'Towards the Critique of Violence' (1921) has taken a central place in politico-philosophic debates. The complexity and perhaps even the occasional obscurity of Benjamin's text have undoubtedly contributed to the d...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Towards the critique of violence : Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben] (2018) (Guyette, Fred)
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| Series/Journal: | Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Benjamin, Walter 1892-1940, Zur Kritik der Gewalt
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/ Agamben, Giorgio 1942-
B Violence |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Violence B Violence ; Philosophy B Electronic books B Philosophy |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | In the past two and a half decades, Walter Benjamin's early essay 'Towards the Critique of Violence' (1921) has taken a central place in politico-philosophic debates. The complexity and perhaps even the occasional obscurity of Benjamin's text have undoubtedly contributed to the diversity, conflict, and richness of contemporary readings. Interest has heightened following the attention that philosophers such as Jacques Derrida and Giorgio Agamben have devoted to it. Agamben's own interest started early in his career with his 1970 essay, 'On the Limits of Violence', and Benjamin's essay continues |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (264 p) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4725-2324-2 |
