When the word becomes flesh : language and human nature
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- ISBN: 1584350946
- ISBN: 9781584350941
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263 pages ; 24 cm. - Publisher: South Pasadena, CA : Semiotext(e), [2015]
- Distributor: Cambridge, Mass. ; Distributed by The MIT Press.
- Copyright: ©2015
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General Note: | Translation of: Quando il verbo si fa carne. "Originally published in Italian in 2002, 'When the word becomes flesh' provides a compelling contribution to the understanding of language and its relation to human nature and social relationships. Adopting Aristotle's definition of the human being as a linguistic and political animal, Paolo Virno frames the act of speech as a foundational philosophical issue - an act that in its purely performative essence ultimately determines our ability to pass from the state of possibility to one of actuality: that is, from the power to act to action itself." -- from page 4 of cover. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part one: the act of speaking -- The speaker as performing artist -- The absolute performative -- The repetition of anthropogenesis -- Part two: toward a critic of interiority -- Second-degree sensualism: a physiognomic project -- In praise of reification -- Part three: from the beginning and right now -- Natural history -- The multitude and the principle of individuation -- Appendix: Wittgenstein and the question of atheism. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design | P107 .V585 2015 (Text) | 30236824 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |