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How Agamben 'uses' the Literature-In the Case of Robert Walser
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아감벤의 문학 사용법-로베르트 발저의 경우

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Academic journal
Author
Kyoung-Jin Lee (서울대학교)
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한국비교문학회 비교문학 비교문학 제75호 KCI Accredited Journals
Published
2018.6
Pages
103 - 137 (35page)
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.21720/complit75.04

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How Agamben 'uses' the Literature-In the Case of Robert Walser
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This essay examines the relationship of Agamben's political philosophy to literature, especially based on his interpretation of Robert Walser's literature. His political philosophy aims to expose the aporetic structure of the political and juridical power of western sovereignty, which is based on the distinction between zo? and bios, and to propose, as a way out of this structure, a politics of forma-di-vita. This means a politics that recognizes life as itself, which is not subject to any political or theological telos, and as a whatever being that preserves potential references to all its properties. In Agamben’s thinking, the role of concretizing this prospect belongs to literature. Especially, Walsers' irredeemable idlers and walkers are, according to Agamben, one of the best examples to show the natural joy and bliss of a whatever being living in the absolutely profane world. This interpretation, however, relies less on the faithful reading of the Walser’s text than on the more or less arbitrary quotation method, and we miss often therefore the necessary arguments. This way of using literature can lead to the mystification of political philosophy, leaving the meaning of the contribution of literature to philosophy and politics almost empty and groundless.

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