Forms of life aesthetics and biopolitics in German culture
Andreas Gailus argues that the neglect of aesthetics in most contemporary theories of biopolitics has resulted in an overly restricted conception of life. He insists we need a more flexible notion of life: one attuned to the interplay and conflict between its many dimensions and forms. 'Forms o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library
2021.
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| Series: | Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009849039906719 |
| Summary: | Andreas Gailus argues that the neglect of aesthetics in most contemporary theories of biopolitics has resulted in an overly restricted conception of life. He insists we need a more flexible notion of life: one attuned to the interplay and conflict between its many dimensions and forms. 'Forms of Life' develops such a notion through the meticulous study of works by Kant, Goethe, Kleist, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Benn, Musil, and others. Gailus shows that the modern conception of 'life' as a generative, organizing force internal to living beings emerged in the last decades of the eighteenth century in biological thought. |
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| Item Description: | A Signale book. Previously issued in print: 2020. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 383 pages) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501749810 9781501749964 |
