Politics as activity : praxis, poiēsis, and gesture in the work of Giorgio Agamben
Engaging with a fundamental question at the heart of the Western tradition of political thought, namely the question of political action, this book considers a broad range of issues, from resistance to political mobilization. It explores the nature of political activity by engaging with Giorgio Agam...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2025.
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| Series | Interventions (Routledge (Firm))
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781003602668 1003602665 9781032980751 9781032991658 9781040365618 1040365612 9781040365700 1040365701 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 From sector to activity 1.2 Legacy: praxis and poiēsis 1.3 Structure of analysis 2 AGAMBEN'S CONCEPTUAL LOGIC 2.1 Potentiality 2.2 The taking place of language2.3 The coming community 2.4 Gesture and pure means 2.5 Inoperativity 2.6 Manner and profanation 2.7 A different use of praxis and poiēsis 3 BEYOND POIĒSIS 3.1 Productive negativity3.2 Agamben and the end of history 3.2.1 Animality and snobbery 3.2.2 The suspension of the dialectic 3.3 Production unraveled 4 BEYOND PRAXIS 4.1 The vulnerability of new beginnings 4.2 Stability in the realm of human affairs 4.3 The limits of founding: Arendt on Montesquieu and power 4.4 Principles of action 4.5 The contamination of praxis 4.6 Within praxis and poiēsis5 GESTURES AND PERFORMATIVES 5.1 From institutional performatives to faith in the word: J.L. Austin and Agamben 5.2 Iterability versus pure performatives: Derrida, Butler, and Agamben 5.3 The Shadow of Derrida 6 CONCLUSIONS: ACTION UPON ACTION6.1 Undoing the doing, unmaking the making 6.2 Being versus action: notes on identity politics REFERENCES