The open : man and animal / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Kevin Attell.
- Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-
- Date:
- 2004
- Books
About this work
Also known as
Aperto. English
Description
In 'The Open', contemporary Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben considers the ways in which the 'human' has been thought of as either a distinct and superior type of animal, or a kind of being that is essentially different from animal altogether.
Publication/Creation
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2004.
Physical description
viii, 102 pages ; 22 cm.
Contributors
Notes
"Originally published in Italian in 2002 under the title L'aperto : l'uomo e l'animale"--Title page verso.
Contents
Theriomorphous -- Acephalous -- Snob -- Mysterium disiunctionis -- Physiology of the blessed -- Cognitio experimentalis -- Taxonomies -- Without rank -- Anthropological machine -- Umwelt -- Tick -- Poverty in world -- The open -- Profound boredom -- World and earth -- Animalization -- Anthropogenesis -- Between -- Desœuvrement -- Outside of being.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-99) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineZFU.FOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 0804747377
- 9780804747370
- 0804747385
- 9780804747387