UID:
almahu_9949877598102882
Format:
1 online resource (xxiii, 383 pages)
ISBN:
1-5017-4981-1
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1-5017-4996-X
Series Statement:
Signale. Modern German letters, cultures, and thought
Content:
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.
Note:
A Signale book.
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Previously issued in print: 2020.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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List of Abbreviations --
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Introduction --
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Part I. Life as Formation --
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Part II. The Conflict of Forms --
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Part III. Deformation --
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Epilogue --
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5017-4980-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5017-4997-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781501749971
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