{"product_id":"the-figure-of-this-world-mathew-abbott-9780748684090","title":"The Figure of This World: Agamben and the Question of Political Ontology","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if we've been wrong when reading Agamben? Mathew Abbott argues that Agamben's thought is misunderstood when read in terms of critical theory or traditional political philosophy. Instead, he shows that it engages with political ontology: studying the political stakes of the question of being. Abbot demonstrates the crucial influence of Martin Heidegger on Agamben's work, locating it in the post-Heideggerian tradition of the critique of metaphysics. As he clarifies it, Abbott links Agamben's philosophy with Wittgenstein's picture theory and Heidegger's concept of the world-picture, showing the importance of this for understanding - and potentially overcoming - the forms of alienation characteristic of the society of the spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mathew Abbott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0748684093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780748684090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Mathew Abbott","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086798827775,"sku":"9780748684090","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ce77ffa-d9fd-4d1f-b4af-b1b5b3cef00d.jpg?v=1769096648","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-figure-of-this-world-mathew-abbott-9780748684090","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}