{"product_id":"where-are-we-now-giorgio-agamben-9781538157602","title":"Where Are We Now?: The Epidemic as Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eRenowned Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben presents his fierce, passionate, and deeply personal commentaries regarding the 2020 health emergency as it played out in Italy and across the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside and beyond accusations, these texts reflect upon the great transformation affecting Western democracies. In the name of biosecurity and health, the model of bourgeois democracy--together with its rights, institutions, and constitutions--is surrendering everywhere to a new despotism where citizens accept unprecedented limitations to their freedoms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe push to accept this new normal leads to the urgency of the volume's title: \u003ci\u003eWhere Are We Now?\u003c\/i\u003e For how long will we accept living in a constantly extended state of exception, the end of which remains impossible to see?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giorgio Agamben\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538157608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538157602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d","brand":"Giorgio Agamben","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049864163583,"sku":"9781538157602","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd4898f6-d3bf-4c21-967a-cbd000e7d89e.jpg?v=1685003842","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-are-we-now-giorgio-agamben-9781538157602","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}