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'A New Use of the Self': Giorgio Agamben on the Coming Community.

Authors :
Whyte, Jessica
Source :
Theory & Event. 2010, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p6-6. 1p.
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

The article looks on Giorgio Agamben's use of the self in his book "Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life." According to the author, Agamben's non-identitarian form of singularity is constitutive of the coming form-of-life. In his account of singularity, Agamben claim that all social classes has been dissolved by the society of spectacle.

Subjects

Subjects :
*POWER (Social sciences)
*LIFE
*SOCIAL classes

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Language :
English
ISSN :
25726633
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Theory & Event
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
51885648
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1353/tae.0.0115
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