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Plastic Sovereignties: Agamben and the Politics of Aesthetics (Incitements) (Paperback)

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Does sovereignty have a future in the 21st century?

Through a sustained engagement with the work of the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, and against the background of contemporary political phenomena, Arne De Boever explores what positive political possibilities the notion of sovereignty might still hold.

Using the philosophy of Catherine Malabou, he argues that these possibilities reside in an aesthetic reconceptualisation of sovereignty as a plastic power that is able to give, receive and explode the forms of our political future.

About the Author


Arne De Boever is Director of the MA Aesthetics and Politics program at the California Institute of the Arts.

Product Details
ISBN: 9781474417976
ISBN-10: 1474417973
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date: October 17th, 2016
Pages: 416
Language: English
Series: Incitements