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When the House Burns Down: From the Dialect of Thought

When the House Burns Down: From the Dialect of Thought

Agamben, Giorgio
Attell, Kevin

Paperback

Series: Italian List

Philosophy

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 1803092068
ISBN13: 9781803092065
Publisher: Sea Boating
Published: May 4 2023
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.50 Depth: 7.50
Language: English
Giorgio Agamben tackles our crisis-ridden world in a series of powerful philosophical essays.

Which house is burning? asks Giorgio Agamben. The country where you live, or Europe, or the whole world? Perhaps the houses, the cities have already burnt down--who knows how long ago?--in a single immense blaze that we pretended not to see. In this collection of four luminous, lyrical essays, Agamben brings his characteristic combination of philosophical acuity and poetic intensity to bear on a world in crisis. Whether surveying the burning house of our culture in the title essay, the architecture of pure exteriority in Door and Threshold, the language of prophecy in Lessons in the Darkness, or the word of the witness in Testimony and Truth, Agamben's insights throw a revealing light on questions both timeless and topical. Written in dark times over the past year, and rich with the urgency of our moment, the essays in this volume also seek to show how what appears to be an impasse can, with care and attention, become the door leading to a way out.

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