Agamben's Ethics of the Happy Life: Beyond Nihilism and Morality

Ype de Boer invites you to rethink what you know about the philosophy of Giorgio Agamben.

In a compelling and original argument, De Boer contends that, in the work of Agamben, ethics takes primacy over politics. Presenting a careful evaluation of Agamben's overlooked contribution to ethics, this book explores his enigmatic yet central concept of the 'happy life'.

By reading Agamben's philosophy in terms of a 'poetico-philosophical experiment' – a term coined by the Italian philosopher himself...