Agamben and Colonialism
Marcelo Svirsky editor Simone Bignall editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:11th May '12
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Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory. 12 essays situate Agamben's theories of the 'state of exception' and 'bare life' are in critical relation to the existence of these phenomena in the colonial/postcolonial world. Countries studied include: Russia, Israel and Palestine, Africa the Americas, Asia and Australia.
This excellent collection mobilizes Agamben’s provocative account of biopolitics to reckon with the history and present of colonial subjectivation, as well as the possibilities for postcolonial transformation. It is an important addition to contemporary political analysis of the centrality of colonialism in the formation of the modern Western state. -- Catherine Mills, University of Sydney
ISBN: 9780748643936
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 476g
304 pages