Agamben and Colonialism |
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| Editor:
| Svirsky, Marcelo
Bignall, Simone |
| Series title: | Critical Connections Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-87484-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $149.99 |
Book Description:
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12 new essays evaluating Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory.Agamben's theories of the 'state of exception' and 'bare life' are situated in critical relation to the existence of these phenomena in the colonial/postcolonial world.
12 new essays evaluating Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory.Agamben's theories of the 'state of exception' and 'bare life' are situated in critical relation to the existence of these phenomena in the colonial/postcolonial world.