The Open: Man and Animal (Paperback )

The Open: Man and Animal Book Description

In "The Open," contemporary Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben examines the ways in which, throughout the history of Western culture, man has been distinguished from animal, and in his inquiry discovers that the human arises not from the "conjunction" of a natural, living body and a divine or rational element, but rather through the workings of the “anthropological machine” which produces man by means of a strategic, practico-political "separation" of humanity from animality.

About the Author :

Giorgio Agamben has contributed to The Open: Man and Animal as an author. Giorgio Agamben is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Venice. He is the author of "Profanations" (2007), "Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive" (2002), both published by Zone Books, and other books.

Kevin Attell has contributed to The Open: Man and Animal as a translator. Giorgio Agamben is professor of aesthetics at the University of Verona. He is the author of ten previous books, including the prequel to this one, "Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Kevin Attell is a writer and translator living in Berkeley, California. He is the translator of Agamben's "The Open: Man and Animal.

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