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The hyper-hermeneutic gesture of a subtle revolution
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posted on 2023-06-08, 20:00 authored by Tom FrostDrawing upon the thought of Giorgio Agamben, this essay focuses upon the potential of a single act to change a political order. Agamben’s writings retain the possibility for a paradigmatic gesture that opens a space for a politics not founded on a form of belonging grounded in a particular property, such as national identity. To illustrate this event this essay turns to Agamben’s construction of whatever-being, which is constructed hyper-hermeneutically. This term is chosen deliberately. Whatever-being retains a hermeneutic structure, but is constructed through singular paradigmatic examples. These examples are evidence for whatever-being’s existence as a pure singularity, unable to be reduced to a particular quality. Such examples are gestures that allow future modes of belonging to separate themselves from oppressive foundations and dominating constructions of political existence, through revealing the possibility of a new way of being that does not require a revolutionary ‘zero hour’ to be brought about.
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Ashgate PublishingPage range
261-284Pages
578.0Book title
Agamben and lawPlace of publication
FarnhamISBN
9781472428844Series
Philosophers and lawDepartment affiliated with
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Thanos ZartaloudisLegacy Posted Date
2015-02-09First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-03-22Usage metrics
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