Agamben and Colonialism

& (eds.)
Edinburgh University Press (2012)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

12 new essays evaluating Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory.Agamben's theories of the 'state of exception' and 'bare life' are situated in critical relation to the existence of these phenomena in the colonial/postcolonial world.

Categories

Add categories

Keywords

Reprint years

ISBN(s)

9780748643950   074864394X   0748643931   0748643958

DOI

10.1515/9780748643950
View all bargains

Buy this book

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 93,612

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Chapters

Introduction: Agamben and Colonialism.  (pages 1-14)Simone Bignall & Marcelo Svirsky
1. Imperialism, Exceptionalism and the Contemporary World.  (pages 17-31)Yehouda Shenhav
2. The Management of Anomie: The State of Exception in Postcommunist Russia.  (pages 32-51)Sergei Prozorov
3. The Cultural Politics of Exception.  (pages 52-74)Marcelo Svirsky
4. Indigenising Agamben: Rethinking Sovereignty in Light of the ‘Peculiar’ Status of Native Peoples.  (pages 77-109)Mark Rifkin
5. Reading Kenya’s Colonial State of Emergency after Agamben.  (pages 110-127)Stephen Morton
6. Colonial Sovereignty, Forms of Life and Liminal Beings in South Africa.  (pages 128-152)Stewart Motha
7. Encountering Bare Life in Italian Libya and Colonial Amnesia in Agamben.  (pages 155-177)David Atkinson
8. Abandoning Gaza.  (pages 178-203)Ariella Azoulay & Adi Ophir
9. Colonial Histories: Biopolitics and Shantytowns in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area.  (pages 204-226)Silvia Grinberg
10. The Paradigm of Colonialism.  (pages 229-238)Leland de la Durantaye
11. ‘The work of men is not durable’: History, Haiti and the Rights of Man.  (pages 239-260)Jessica Whyte
12. Potential Postcoloniality: Sacred Life, Profanation and the Coming Community.  (pages 261-284)Simone Bignall

Similar books and articles

Agamben and Colonialism.Catherine Mills - 2016 - Critical Philosophy of Race 4 (1):139-142.
Introduction: Agamben and Colonialism.Simone Bignall & Marcelo Svirsky - 2012 - In Marcelo Svirsky & Simone Bignall (eds.), Agamben and Colonialism. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 1-14.
Deleuze and the Postcolonial.Simone Bignall & Paul Patton (eds.) - 2010 - Edinburgh University Press.
7. Encountering Bare Life in Italian Libya and Colonial Amnesia in Agamben.David Atkinson - 2012 - In Marcelo Svirsky & Simone Bignall (eds.), Agamben and Colonialism. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 155-177.
5. Reading Kenya’s Colonial State of Emergency after Agamben.Stephen Morton - 2012 - In Marcelo Svirsky & Simone Bignall (eds.), Agamben and Colonialism. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 110-127.
2. The Management of Anomie: The State of Exception in Postcommunist Russia.Sergei Prozorov - 2012 - In Marcelo Svirsky & Simone Bignall (eds.), Agamben and Colonialism. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 32-51.
3. The Cultural Politics of Exception.Marcelo Svirsky - 2012 - In Marcelo Svirsky & Simone Bignall (eds.), Agamben and Colonialism. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 52-74.
12. Potential Postcoloniality: Sacred Life, Profanation and the Coming Community.Simone Bignall - 2012 - In Marcelo Svirsky & Simone Bignall (eds.), Agamben and Colonialism. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 261-284.
6. Colonial Sovereignty, Forms of Life and Liminal Beings in South Africa.Stewart Motha - 2012 - In Marcelo Svirsky & Simone Bignall (eds.), Agamben and Colonialism. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 128-152.
9. Colonial Histories: Biopolitics and Shantytowns in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area.Silvia Grinberg - 2012 - In Marcelo Svirsky & Simone Bignall (eds.), Agamben and Colonialism. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 204-226.

Analytics

Added to PP
2022-03-01

Downloads
8 (#1,335,493)

6 months
7 (#594,125)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Simone Bignall
University of New South Wales

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references