The open : man and animal / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Kevin Attell.

  • Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-
Date:
2004
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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.

Notes

"Originally published in Italian in 2002 under the title L'aperto : l'uomo e l'animale"--Title page verso.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-99) and index.

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.

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    History of Medicine
    ZFU.F
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ISBN

  • 0804747377
  • 9780804747370
  • 0804747385
  • 9780804747387