Form of Life: Agamben and the Destitution of Rules / Gian Fusco.
2022
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Title
Form of Life: Agamben and the Destitution of Rules / Gian Fusco.
Imprint
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2023
Description
1 online resource (232 p.)
Series
Encounters in Law & Philosophy ; ELP.
Formatted Contents Note
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
One Form-of-Life
Two The Theory and Practice of Destituent Potential
Three Doing and Undoing Law
Four Inoperative Being: Against Work
Five On Use, Law and the Common
Six From the Anarchy of Power to the Anarchy of Being
Conclusions: Six Theses on Form-of-life
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
One Form-of-Life
Two The Theory and Practice of Destituent Potential
Three Doing and Undoing Law
Four Inoperative Being: Against Work
Five On Use, Law and the Common
Six From the Anarchy of Power to the Anarchy of Being
Conclusions: Six Theses on Form-of-life
Bibliography
Index
Summary
A rigorous reading of Agamben's concept of form-of-lifeDiscusses Agamben's political thought and the question of anarchyRe-evaluates Agamben's thought in light of his later works and the recent completion of the Homo Sacer seriesConsiders Agamben's related works on use, praxis, inoperativity, and destitutioOutlines a theoretical framework through which to think of a non-state and non-legal politicsExplores underappreciated influences of Agamben's philosophyThe concept of a form-of-life is the centre of gravity around which Agamben has advanced his attempts to think of an alternative politics. It refers to a living dimension that has overthrown the structures of power in which humans are supposedly destined to live, disclosing the possibility of a new understanding of political and legal life. By placing 'form-of-life' in the context of contemporary philosophy, this book re-imagines anew some of the basic categories of human socialities - such as work, rights, obligation, property, and use. It explores the ways in which Agamben's philosophy might be a strategic resource for developing political and legal strategies that leave behind a situation dominated by pervasive sovereign violence.At a moment of history in which the fundamental promises of Western modernity are undergoing a decisive crisis, to look beyond the basic categories of human social institutions becomes an urgency. Through a close engagement with Agamben's concept of form-of-life, this book seeks to challenge the current crisis of juridical, political and economic reality.
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In English.
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