Means Without End: Notes on Politics
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Means Without End: Notes on Politics is a collection of essays by Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben that explores themes such as biopolitics, state power, and the nature of contemporary political life.
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| Means Without End: Notes on Politics canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Means Without End: Notes on Politics Context triple: [Giorgio Agamben, notableWork, Means Without End: Notes on Politics]
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A Preface to Politics
A Preface to Politics is a 1913 political and social critique by Walter Lippmann that challenges traditional liberalism and explores how modern industrial society demands new approaches to democracy and governance.
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The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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The Concept of the Political
The Concept of the Political is Carl Schmitt’s influential treatise that defines the political realm through the friend–enemy distinction and critiques liberalism’s attempt to depoliticize conflict.
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The Power of the Powerless
The Power of the Powerless is a seminal political essay by Václav Havel that analyzes life under communist totalitarianism and argues for the transformative power of individual moral resistance.
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The Political Illusion
The Political Illusion is a 1965 book by French philosopher and sociologist Jacques Ellul that critiques modern society’s overreliance on political institutions and the myth that politics can solve all social problems.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Means Without End: Notes on Politics Target entity description: Means Without End: Notes on Politics is a collection of essays by Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben that explores themes such as biopolitics, state power, and the nature of contemporary political life.
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A.
A Preface to Politics
A Preface to Politics is a 1913 political and social critique by Walter Lippmann that challenges traditional liberalism and explores how modern industrial society demands new approaches to democracy and governance.
-
B.
The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
-
C.
The Concept of the Political
The Concept of the Political is Carl Schmitt’s influential treatise that defines the political realm through the friend–enemy distinction and critiques liberalism’s attempt to depoliticize conflict.
-
D.
The Power of the Powerless
The Power of the Powerless is a seminal political essay by Václav Havel that analyzes life under communist totalitarianism and argues for the transformative power of individual moral resistance.
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E.
The Political Illusion
The Political Illusion is a 1965 book by French philosopher and sociologist Jacques Ellul that critiques modern society’s overreliance on political institutions and the myth that politics can solve all social problems.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| author | Giorgio Agamben NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| englishEditionPublicationDate | 2000 ⓘ |
| genre |
critical theory
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0816635117 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“Beyond Human Rights”
NERFINISHED
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“Notes on Politics” NERFINISHED ⓘ “On the Limits of Violence” NERFINISHED ⓘ “We Refugees” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Martin Heidegger
NERFINISHED
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Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfPublication |
English
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Italian ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of modern political institutions
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relation between life and law ⓘ transformation of citizenship in modern states ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
critique of human rights discourse
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politics beyond the nation-state ⓘ refugee as paradigm of political existence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| partOf | Giorgio Agamben's political philosophy corpus ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
continental philosophy
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post-structuralism ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1996 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Bollati Boringhieri
NERFINISHED
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University of Minnesota Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
bare life
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biopolitics ⓘ citizenship ⓘ contemporary politics ⓘ democracy ⓘ human rights ⓘ messianism ⓘ political subjectivity ⓘ refugees ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ state of exception ⓘ state power ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| translator |
Cesare Casarino
NERFINISHED
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Vincenzo Binetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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