STASIS

Civil War as a Political Paradigm

Giorgio Agamben, Nicholas Heron

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English

Edinburgh University Press
14 October 2015

Social & political philosophy

Giorgio Agamben investigates the ongoing warfare that European state power has been waging against its most malignant enemy: civil war itself. The survival of the state is seen to depend on its ability to preserve the political community from factional enmity. Agamben investigates first the classical Athenian theme of 'stasis'

the city's struggle against internal revolt. He then turns to a new reading of Hobbes' Leviathan and its approach to the peril of the early modern English Commonwealth's exposure to civil strife, division and revolution. At the heart of this book is the issue of state powers in their continuous decline

an issue that is key to the renewal of political, philosophical and legal thought.

By: Giorgio Agamben
Translated by: Nicholas Heron
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 98g
ISBN: 9781474403078
ISBN 10: 1474403077
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 14 October 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Giorgio Agamben is Baruch Spinoza Chair and Professor of philosophy at the European Graduate School.

Reviews for STASIS: Civil War as a Political Paradigm

for those with an established interest in Agamben, Hobbes or Attic political philosophy, STASIS is recommended reading - and for those seeking to theorize civil war, it is unavoidable. --Alexander Thom, University of Birmingham Cultural History