The Open: Man and Animal
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The Open: Man and Animal is a philosophical work by Giorgio Agamben that explores the boundary between human and animal life and its implications for politics, ethics, and subjectivity.
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| The Open: Man and Animal canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Open: Man and Animal Context triple: [Giorgio Agamben, notableWork, The Open: Man and Animal]
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This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life is a 1963 British New Wave drama film about a troubled rugby league player, noted for its gritty realism and powerful performances.
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B.
Man or Animal
"Man or Animal" is a song featured on the album "Out of Exile" by the American rock band Audioslave.
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C.
The Opening of the Field
The Opening of the Field is a landmark 1960 poetry collection by Robert Duncan that helped define the innovative, myth-infused poetics of the San Francisco Renaissance.
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D.
On Opened Ground
On Opened Ground is a contemporary classical composition by British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, known for its expressive, jazz-influenced orchestral writing.
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E.
The Open Side
The Open Side is the autobiography of legendary New Zealand rugby captain Richie McCaw, offering an inside look at his life, career, and leadership on and off the field.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Open: Man and Animal Target entity description: The Open: Man and Animal is a philosophical work by Giorgio Agamben that explores the boundary between human and animal life and its implications for politics, ethics, and subjectivity.
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A.
This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life is a 1963 British New Wave drama film about a troubled rugby league player, noted for its gritty realism and powerful performances.
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B.
Man or Animal
"Man or Animal" is a song featured on the album "Out of Exile" by the American rock band Audioslave.
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C.
The Opening of the Field
The Opening of the Field is a landmark 1960 poetry collection by Robert Duncan that helped define the innovative, myth-infused poetics of the San Francisco Renaissance.
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D.
On Opened Ground
On Opened Ground is a contemporary classical composition by British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, known for its expressive, jazz-influenced orchestral writing.
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E.
The Open Side
The Open Side is the autobiography of legendary New Zealand rugby captain Richie McCaw, offering an inside look at his life, career, and leadership on and off the field.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Giorgio Agamben ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| discussesConcept |
anthropological machine
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bare life ⓘ biopolitical exclusion ⓘ form-of-life ⓘ human–animal threshold ⓘ openness ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical anthropology
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philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
boundary between human and animal
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constitution of subjectivity ⓘ ethical implications of human–animal divide ⓘ history of Western metaphysics ⓘ relation between life and politics ⓘ theological-political legacy in modernity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Carl Schmitt ⓘ Franz Kafka ⓘ Georges Bataille ⓘ Jakob von Uexküll ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ Meister Eckhart ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
Walter Benjamin ⓘ |
| languageOfEnglishEdition | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
biopolitics
ⓘ
ethics ⓘ human–animal distinction ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophical anthropology ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of the anthropological machine
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contribution to debates on animality and humanity ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | L’aperto. L’uomo e l’animale ⓘ |
| partOf |
Giorgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer project
ⓘ
linked to:
homo sacer
|
| philosophicalTradition |
continental philosophy
ⓘ
critical theory ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ |
| publisherOfEnglishEdition | Stanford University Press ⓘ |
| publisherOfItalianEdition | Bollati Boringhieri ⓘ |
| translatorToEnglish | Kevin Attell ⓘ |
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