Main entry:

Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-

Title & Author:

What is an apparatus? : and other essays / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by David Kishik and Stefan Pedatella.

Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2009.

Description:

56 pages ; 18 cm.

Series:

Meridian, crossing aesthetics

Notes:
What is an apparatus? was originally published in Italian in 2006 under the title: Che cos'è un dispositivo?; The friend was originally published in Italian in 2007 under the title: L'amico; and, What is the contemporary? was originally published in Italian in 2008 under the title: Che cos'è il contemporaneo.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-56).
What is an apparatus? -- The friend -- What is the contemporary?
Translated from the Italian.

Summary:

"This book offers concept of the apparatus, emphasizing its pervasive yet often opaque presence in society, and investigates how philosophical and social structures capture and obscure human behaviors and freedoms. Agamben links friendship and philosophy through shared existential experiences, highlighting the profound core of human connection beyond institutional frameworks."

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780804762298 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0804762295 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780804762304 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0804762309 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
Power (Philosophy)
Knowledge, Theory of.
Friendship.
Contemporary, The.
Control (Psychology)
Knowledge
Power, Psychological
Friends
Pouvoir (Morale)
Théorie de la connaissance.
Amitié.
Contemporanéité.
Contrôle (Psychologie)
epistemology.
Philosophie
Friendships.
Vetenskapsteori.
Italien

Added entries:

Meridian (Stanford, Calif.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 289776
Call No.: BIB 232403
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available