We can no longer speak of a state of war in any traditional sense, yet there is currently no viable theory to account for the manifold internal conflicts, or civil wars, that increasingly afflict the world's populations. Meant as a first step toward such a theory, Giorgio Agamben's latest book looks at how civil war was conceived of at two crucial moments in the history of West...(展开全部)

Giorgio Agamben is a contemporary Italian philosopher and political theorist whose works have been translated into numerous languages. His most recent title with Stanford University Press is Pilate and Jesus (2014).

Giorgio Agamben is a contemporary Italian philosopher and political theorist whose works have been translated into numerous languages. His most recent title with Stanford University Press is Pilate and Jesus (2014).

We can no longer speak of a state of war in any traditional sense, yet there is currently no viable theory to account for the manifold internal conflicts, or civil wars, that increasingly afflict the world's populations. Meant as a first step toward such a theory, Giorgio Agamben's latest book looks at how civil war was conceived of at two crucial moments in the history of West...(展开全部)

Stasis è il nome della guerra civile nella Grecia antica. Un concetto così inquietante o impresentabile per la filosofia politica posteriore da non essere fatto oggetto sinora di una dottrina adeguata, neppure da parte dei teorici della rivoluzione. Eppure, sostiene Giorgio Agamben fornendo qui i primi elementi di una necessaria "stasiologia", la guerra civile costituisce la fo...(展开全部)

Stasis è il nome della guerra civile nella Grecia antica. Un concetto così inquietante o impresentabile per la filosofia politica posteriore da non essere fatto oggetto sinora di una dottrina adeguata, neppure da parte dei teorici della rivoluzione. Eppure, sostiene Giorgio Agamben fornendo qui i primi elementi di una necessaria "stasiologia", la guerra civile costituisce la fo...(展开全部)