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The figure of this world : Agamben and the question of political ontology / Mathew Abbott

Author
Abbott, Mathew
Additional Titles
Agamben and the question of political ontology
Published
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
Physical Description
viii, 220 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents
Introduction: the figure of this world -- 1. The question of political ontology -- 2. The poetic experience of the world -- 3. The myth of the earth -- 4. The unbearable -- 5. The creature before the law -- 6. The animal for which animality is an issue -- 7. Understanding the happy -- 8. The picture and its captives -- 9. The passing of the figure of this world.
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ISBN
0748684093
9780748684090
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index.
Source of Acquisition
UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the Class of 1966 Libraries Endowment; 2013.
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