Karman: A Brief Treatise on Action, Guilt, and Gesture

Giorgio Agamben

Published by Stanford University Press 2018

Karman

A Brief Treatise on Action, Guilt, and Gesture

Giorgio Agamben
Translated by: Adam Kotsko

In the series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503605831

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What does it mean to be responsible for our actions? In this brief and elegant study, Giorgio Agamben traces our most profound moral intuitions back to their roots in the sphere of law and punishment. Moral accountability, human free agency, and even the very concept of cause and effect all find their origin in the language of the trial, which Western philosophy and theology both transform into the paradigm for all of human life. In his search for a way out of this destructive paradigm, Agamben not only draws on minority opinions within the Western tradition but engages at length with Buddhist texts and concepts for the first time. In sum, Karman deepens and rearticulates some of Agamben's core insights while breaking significant new ground.

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Giorgio Agamben is a contemporary Italian philosopher and political theorist whose works have been translated into numerous languages. His most recent title with Stanford University Press is The Omnibus "Homo Sacer" (2017).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Translator’s Note Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. Causa and Culpa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Crimen and Karman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
3. The Aporias of the Will Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4. Beyond Action Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
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Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 120

eBook

Published: April 3, 2018
ISBN: 9781503605831