Creation and Anarchy

The Work of Art and the Religion of Capitalism

Giorgio Agamben, Adam Kotsko

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Stanford University Press
14 May 2019

The Arts: General & Reference; Philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Religion & beliefs

Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics

Creation and the giving of orders are closely entwined in Western culture, where God commands the world into existence and later issues the injunctions known as the Ten Commandments. The arche, or origin, is always also a command, and a beginning is always the first principle that governs and decrees. This is as true for theology, where God not only creates the world but governs and continues to govern through continuous creation, as it is for the philosophical and political tradition according to which beginning and creation, command and will, together form a strategic apparatus without which our society would fall apart.

The five essays collected here aim to deactivate this apparatus through a patient archaeological inquiry into the concepts of work, creation, and command. Giorgio Agamben explores every nuance of the arche in search of an an-archic exit strategy. By the book's final chapter, anarchy appears as the secret center of power, brought to light so as to make possible a philosophical thought that might overthrow both the principle and its command.

By: Giorgio Agamben
Translated by: Adam Kotsko
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9781503609266
ISBN 10: 150360926X
Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 14 May 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Giorgio Agamben is a contemporary Italian philosopher and political theorist whose works have been translated into numerous languages. His most recent title with Stanford University Press is What Is Real? (2018).