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Amicizie

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Attraverso diciassette brevi, folgoranti ritratti, Giorgio Agamben evoca il ricordo degli amici che hanno lasciato un segno indelebile sulla sua vita e sulla sua persona.


«È piú semplice definire l'amore che l'amicizia, piú facile dire «ti amo» sembrando sinceri, che dire «ti sono amico» senza che il sospetto dell'impostura adombri le nostre parole. Per questo, la sola definizione dell'amicizia che mi pare accettabile è quella antica, che vede nell'amico un alter ego, un altro io - cioè qualcuno che rende amabile e grata la cosa piú il nostro io [...] E proprio perché - come la vita - è in qualche modo sempre insieme esaustiva e incompiuta, puntuale e manchevole, l'amicizia esige la nostra testimonianza».

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Published April 1, 2025

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Giorgio Agamben

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Giorgio Agamben is one of the leading figures in Italian and contemporary continental philosophy. He is the author of Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life; Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive; Profanations; The Signature of All Things: On Method, and other books. Through the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s he treated a wide range of topics, including aesthetics, literature, language, ontology, nihilism, and radical political thought.

In recent years, his work has had a deep impact on contemporary scholarship in a number of disciplines in the Anglo-American intellectual world. Born in Rome in 1942, Agamben completed studies in Law and Philosophy with a doctoral thesis on the political thought of Simone Weil, and participated in Martin Heidegger’s seminars on Hegel and Heraclitus as a postdoctoral scholar.

He rose to international prominence after the publication of Homo Sacer in 1995. Translated into English in 1998, the book’s analyses of law, life, and state power appeared uncannily prescient after the attacks on New York City and Washington, DC in September 2001, and the resultant shifts in the geopolitical landscape. Provoking a wave of scholarly interest in the philosopher’s work, the book also marked the beginning of a 20-year research project, which represents Agamben’s most important contribution to political philosophy.

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August 16, 2025
Riflessioni dell'autore sul rapporto con l'amicizia attraverso l'esplorazione di una serie di personali importanti amicizie durante la propria vita. Alcune più interessanti e coinvolgenti, altre meno, a seconda della controparte amicale.
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