The Adventure

by Giorgio Agamben

Agamben charts a journey that ranges from poems of chivalry to philosophy, from Yvain to Hegel, from Beatrice to Heidegger.

An ancient legend identifies Demon, Chance, Love, and Necessity as the four gods who preside over the birth of every human being. We must all pay tribute to these deities and should not try to elude or dupe them. To accept them, Giorgio Agamben suggests, is to live one's life as an adventure--not in the trivial sense...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262037599
• ISBN13: 9780262037594
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.8" x 5.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher