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The Open

Man and Animal

by Giorgio Agamben ยท 2004

ISBN: 0804767068 9780804767064

Category: Social Science / Anthropology / General

Page count: 106

In 'The Open', contemporary Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben considers the ways in which the 'human' has been thought of as either a distinct and superior type of animal, or a kind of being that is essentially different from animal altogether.