Infancy and History: On the Destruction of Experience (Radical

Infancy and History: On the Destruction of Experience (Radical Thinkers)
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How and why did experience and knowledge become separated? Is it possible to talk of an infancy of experience, a â€œdumbâ€ experience? For Walter Benjamin, the â€œpoverty of experienceâ€ was a characteristic of modernity, originating in the catastrophe of the First World War. For Giorgio Agamben, the Italian editor of Benjaminâ€™s complete works, the destruction of experience no longer needs catastrophes: daily life in any modern city will suffice.

Agambenâ€™s profound and radical exploration of language, infancy, and everyday life traces concepts of experience through Kant, Hegel, Husserl and Benveniste. In doing so he elaborates a theory of infancy that throws new light on a number of major themes in contemporary thought: the anthropological opposition between nature and culture; the linguistic opposition between speech and language; the birth of the subject and the appearance of the unconscious. Agamben goes on to consider time and history; the Marxist notion of base and superstructure (via a careful reading of the famous Adornoâ€“Benjamin correspondence on Baudelaireâ€™s Paris); and the difference between rituals and games.

Beautifully written, erudite and provocative, these essays will be of great interest to students of philosophy, linguistics, anthropology and politics.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
Model black & white illustrations
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2007-01-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781844675715

Country	USA
Brand	Verso
Manufacturer	Verso Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
Model	black & white illustrations
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2007-01-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781844675715

Infancy and History: On the Destruction of Experience (Radical Thinkers)

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