The Body of Language
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$72.22
- Hardcover
100 pages
- Release Date
24 January 2026
Summary
The Body of Language: Renaissance Rebels and the Birth of New Tongues
An erudite exploration of transgressive language from the Renaissance by one of Europe’s greatest living philosophers.
This book explores how early modern authors broke linguistic boundaries, creating new words and languages that challenged traditional grammar and lexicon, providing historical insight into today’s debates on the politics of language. Through a scholarly analysis by Giorgio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781803094762 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1803094761 |
| Author: | Giorgio Agamben, Kevin Attell |
| Publisher: | Seagull Books London Ltd |
| Imprint: | Seagull Books London Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 100 |
| Release Date: | 24 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 23mm |
| Series: | The Italian List |
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About The Author
Giorgio Agamben
Giorgio Agamben is one of Italy’s foremost contemporary thinkers. Several of his recent works are included on Seagull Books’ Italian List, including, most recently, What I Saw, Heard, Learned ….
Kevin Attell teaches at Cornell University and is the author of Giorgio Agamben: Beyond the Threshold of Deconstruction.
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