Article: Das Bild in der Stimme. Giorgio Agamben als Leser von Averroes
Abstract
Giorgio Agamben’s philosophy has contributed a great number of concepts to the Humanities. Terminology like homo sacer, state of exception and the like are frequently used in cultural studies. Agamben’s theoretical triangle of image, writing and voice is known to a far less extent. The following paper argues that this linkage provides an important foundation for Agamben´s philosophy and needs to be understood before the backdrop of intellect theory. In drawing notions from Averroes, the medieval Arabic commentator of Aristotle, Agamben develops a theory of intellect, which allows to establish a link between language and phantasm, i.e. word and image as different medial forms, connected by the human voice. This emphasis on the voice is meant to provide an alternative to the structuralist model of the linguistic sign. The paper seeks to explore Averroes´ traces in Agamben´s thought discussing possible consequences for cultural studies.
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Scherübl, Florian: Das Bild in der Stimme. Giorgio Agamben als Leser von Averroes. In: Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift, Jg. (2023), Nr. 4, S. 68-95. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/23177.
@ARTICLE{Scherübl2023,
author = {Scherübl, Florian},
title = {Das Bild in der Stimme. Giorgio Agamben als Leser von Averroes},
year = 2023,
doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/23177}",
address = {Hamburg},
journal = {Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift},
number = 4,
pages = {68--95},
}
author = {Scherübl, Florian},
title = {Das Bild in der Stimme. Giorgio Agamben als Leser von Averroes},
year = 2023,
doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/23177}",
address = {Hamburg},
journal = {Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift},
number = 4,
pages = {68--95},
}
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