Forms of Life: Aesthetics and Biopolitics in German Culture

by Andreas Gailus

Book Overview

In Forms of Life, Andreas Gailus argues that the neglect of aesthetics in most contemporary theories of biopolitics has resulted in an overly restricted conception of life. He insists we need a more flexible notion of life: one attuned to the interplay and conflict between its many dimensions and forms. Forms of Life develops such a notion through the meticulous study of works by Kant, Goethe, Kleist, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Benn, Musil, and others.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501749811
• ISBN13: 9781501749810
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher