Event overview
Giorgio Agamben Reading Group
Chair: Dr Alex Murray (Exeter)
Text: "Philosophical Archaeology" from Signature of All Things: Notes on Method (2010).
In a 2002 lecture the Italian Philosopher Giorgio Agamben admitted that "in the life of a scholar there comes a time when methodological premises become necessary". One of his most recent books, "Signature of all Things: Notes on Method" has done just that, outlining a broad methodology that has underpinned Agamben's work from early explorations of language and negativity in Hegel and Heidegger, to his widely known critique of western politics in the "Homo Sacer" series. This seminar will take the form of a reading group on the essay 'Philosophical Archaeology': This wide ranging study of figures as diverse as Kant, Nietzsche, Foucault and Freud will provide the basis for a discussion of Agamben's broader critical programme and his methodological practice.
Alex Murray is a lecturer in English at the University of Exeter and has published widely on 19th and 20th century literature
and critical theory. His most recent book was an introduction to Agamben for Routledge and he is currently co-editing The Agamben Dictionary for EUP.
For a copy of the reading see GLITS Autumn Term page on learn.gold.ac.uk or contact glits@gold.ac.uk
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2010 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
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