The Sacrament of Language by Giorgio Agamben

The Sacrament of Language

Homo Sacer #II.3

Giorgio Agamben

128 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

Oaths play an essential part in the political and religious history of the West as a 'sacrament of power'. Yet despite numerous studies by linguists, anthropologists and historians of law and of religion, there exists no complete analysis of the o...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...