Sacrament of Language An Archaeology of the Oath

Name: Sacrament of Language An Archaeology of the Oath
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ISBN: 9780804768986

ISBN-10: 0804768986

ISBN-13: 9780804768986

Edition: 2010

Authors: Giorgio Agamben, Adam Kotsko

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This book is a continuation of Giorgio Agamben's investigation of political theory, which began with the highly influential volumeHomo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Having already traced the roots of the idea of sovereignty, sacredness, and economy, he now turns to a perhaps unlikely topic: the concept of the oath. Following the Italian scholar Paolo Prodi, Agamben sees the oath as foundational for Western politics and undertakes an exploration of the roots of the phenomenon of the oath in human experience. He rejects the common idea that the oath finds its origin in religion, arguing instead that the oath points toward a particular response to the experience of language, a response…

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 12/6/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 104
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Giorgio Agamben is the author of more than fifteen books on topics ranging from aesthetics to poetics, ontology to political philosophy. He is best known for hisï¿½Homo Sacerï¿½series.ï¿½He recently retired from theï¿½Universitï¿½ Iuav di Venezia.