| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) |
| Series |
Critical connections |
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Critical connections (Edinburgh University Press)
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| Contents |
Imperialism, exceptionalism and the contemporary world / Yehouda Shenhav -- The management of anomie : the state of exception in postcommunist Russia / Sergei Prozorov -- The cultural politics of exception / Marcelo Svirsky -- Indigenising Agamben : rethinking sovereignty in light of the 'peculiar' status of native peoples / Mark Rifkin -- Reading Kenya's colonial state of emergency after Agamben / Stephen Morton -- Colonial sovereignty, forms of life and liminal beings in South Africa / Stewart Motha -- Encountering bare life in Italian Libya and colonial amnesia in Agamben / David Atkinson -- Abandoning Gaza / Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir -- Colonial histories : biopolitics and shantytowns in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area / Silvia Grinberg -- The paradigm of colonialism / Leland de la Durantaye -- 'The work of men is not durable' : history, Haiti and the rights of man / Jessa Whyte -- Potential postcoloniality : sacred life, profanation and the coming community / Simone Bignall |
| Summary |
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. Key Features: Features an international set of expert contributors who approach postcolonial criticism from an interdisciplinary perspective ; Deals with colonial and postcolonial issues in Russia, Israel and Palestine, Africa the Americas, Asia and Australia ; Offers new insights on colonial exclusion, racism and postcolonial democracy ; A timely intervention to debates in poststructuralist, postcolonial and postmodern studies for students of politics, critical theory and social & political philosophy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-
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| SUBJECT |
Agamben, Giorgio, 1942- fast |
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Postcolonialism.
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postcolonialism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Metaphysics.
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Postcolonialism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Svirsky, Marcelo, editor.
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Bignall, Simone, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780748643950 |
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0748643958 |
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9780748649266 |
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0748649263 |
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9780748649259 |
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0748649255 |
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