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  • Creation and Anarchy

    The Work of Art and the Religion of Capitalism

    by Giorgio Agamben ...
    Translated by Adam Kotsko ...
    Series series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
    The acclaimed Italian philosopher interrogates the concept of creation in art, religion, and economics in this collection of five essays.Creation and the giving of orders are closely entwined in Western culture, where God commands the world into existence and later issues the injunctions known as the Ten Commandments. The arche, or origin, is always also a command, and a beginning is always the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Neoliberalism's Demons

    On the Political Theology of Late Capital

    by Adam Kotsko ...
    By both its supporters and detractors, neoliberalism is usually considered an economic policy agenda. Neoliberalism's Demons argues that it is much more than that: a complete worldview, neoliberalism presents the competitive marketplace as the model for true human flourishing. And it has enjoyed great success: from the struggle for "global competitiveness" on the world stage down to our individual ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Highest Poverty

    Monastic Rules and Form-of-Life

    by Giorgio Agamben ...
    Translated by Adam Kotsko ...
    Series series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
    The acclaimed philosopher and author of Homo Sacer contemplates the possibility of true human freedom through a deep analysis of monastic stricture.What is a rule, if it appears to become confused with life? And what is a human life, if, in every one of its gestures, of its words, and of its silences, it cannot be distinguished from the rule? It is to these questions that Giorgio Agamben's new ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Use of Bodies

    by Giorgio Agamben ...
    Translated by Adam Kotsko ...
    Series series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
    The renowned philosopher and author of Homo Sacer continues his groundbreaking work with this examination of selfhood and Western ontology.Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer was one of the most influential works of political philosophy in recent decades. It was also the beginning of a series of studies investigating the deepest foundations of Western politics and thought. The Use of Bodies represents ... Read more

    $20.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Late Star Trek

    The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era

    by Adam Kotsko ...
    Series series Mass Markets: Storyworlds Across Media
    How Star Trek’s twenty-first-century reinventions illuminate the unique challenges and opportunities of franchise-style corporate storytellingLate Star Trek explores the beloved science fiction franchise’s repeated attempts to reinvent itself after the end of its 1990s golden age. Beginning with the prequel series Enterprise, Adam Kotsko analyzes the wealth of content set within Star Trek’s ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Mystery of Evil

    Benedict XVI and the End of Days

    by Giorgio Agamben ...
    Translated by Adam Kotsko ...
    Series series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
    In 2013, Benedict XVI became only the second pope in the history of the Catholic Church to resign from office. In this brief but illuminating study, Giorgio Agamben argues that Benedict's gesture, far from being solely a matter of internal ecclesiastical politics, is exemplary in an age when the question of legitimacy has been virtually left aside in favor of a narrow focus on legality. This ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Use of Bodies

    by Giorgio Agamben ...
    Translated by Adam Kotsko ...
    Series series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
    Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer was one of the seminal works of political philosophy in recent decades. It was also the beginning of a series of interconnected investigations of staggering ambition and scope, investigating the deepest foundations of Western politics and thought.The Use of Bodies represents the ninth and final volume in this twenty-year undertaking, breaking considerable new ground ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Prince of This World

    by Adam Kotsko ...
    The most enduring challenge to traditional monotheism is the problem of evil, which attempts to reconcile three incompatible propositions: God is all-good, God is all-powerful, and evil happens. The Prince of This World traces the story of one of the most influential attempts to square this circle: the offloading of responsibility for evil onto one of God's rebellious creatures. In this striking ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • What Is Theology?

    Christian Thought and Contemporary Life

    by Adam Kotsko ...
    Series series Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
    The secular world may have thought it was done with theology, but theology was not done with it. Recent decades have seen a resurgence of religion on the social and political scene, which have driven thinkers across many disciplines to grapple with the Christian theological inheritance of the modern world.Adam Kotsko provides a unique guide to this fraught terrain. The title essay establishes a ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Creation and Anarchy

    The Work of Art and the Religion of Capitalism

    Translated by Adam Kotsko ...
    by Giorgio Agamben ...
    Series series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
    Creation and the giving of orders are closely entwined in Western culture, where God commands the world into existence and later issues the injunctions known as the Ten Commandments. The arche, or origin, is always also a command, and a beginning is always the first principle that governs and decrees. This is as true for theology, where God not only creates the world but governs and continues to ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Why We Love Sociopaths

    A Guide To Late Capitalist Television

    by Adam Kotsko, Shimer Great Books School ...
    Sociopaths are pervasive in contemporary television, from high-brow drama all the way down to cartoons -- and of course the news as well. From the scheming Eric Cartman of South Parkto the seductive imposter Don Draper of Mad Men, cold and ruthless characters captivate us, making us wish that we could be so effective and successful. Yet why should we admire characters who get ahead by being amoral ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Agamben's Philosophical Trajectory

    by Adam Kotsko ...

    $25.99 USD