The Agamben Dictionary (Philosophical Dictionaries) - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Alex Murray is a lecturer in twentieth-century literature at the University of Exeter and publishes widely in nineteenth and twentieth century English Literature, as well as critical theory. He is the author of, most recently, Giorgio Agamben (2010) and is a founding editor of Parrhesia: a Journal of Critical Philosophy.

Jessica Whyte is Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis at the University of Western Sydney. She has published widely on contemporary European philosophy and political theory, and is the co-editor of the Theory and Event Symposium "Form of Life: Giorgio Agamben, Ontology, Politics", 2010.

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This is not yet another dictionary listing keywords so as to provide quick access to a philosopher's work. Rather it is a dictionary that justifies its form by referring to Giorgio Agamben's own idea of language.

Alexander García Düttmann, Goldsmiths, University of London.

The first dictionary dedicated to the work of Giorgio Agamben

In recent years Agamben's work has gained prominence for its incisive critique of the Western political tradition. Yet this has often resulted in a selective reading of his broad body of work, rather than one that addresses it as a complex whole. The Agamben Dictionary has brought together leading and emerging scholars from across the world to provide this essential overview of his work.

Key features

• includes comprehensive definitions with clear guides as to where concepts can be found across Agamben's body of work
• fully cross-referenced throughout
• extensive list of secondary reading

Alex Murray is a lecturer in English at the University of Exeter and has published widely in literary studies and critical theory. Jessica Whyte completed a doctoral thesis on the political thought of Giorgio Agamben at Monash University in 2010.