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Karman This page intentionally left blank M E R I D I A N Crossing Aesthetics Series founded by the late Werner Hamacher Editor Translated by Adam Kotsko Stanford University Press Stanford, California 2018 KARMAN A Brief Treatise on Action, Guilt, and Gesture Giorgio Agamben Stanford University Press Stanford, California English translation and Translator’s Note © 2018 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. Karman: A Brief Treatise on Action, Guilt, and Gesture was originally published in Italian in 2017 under the title Karman: Breve trattato sull’azione, la colpa e il gesto © 2017, Bollati Boringhieri editore. This book was negotiated through Agnese Incisa Agenzia Letteraria, Torino. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written per- mission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid- free, archival- quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Agamben, Giorgio, 1942– author. | Kotsko, Adam, translator. Title: Karman : a brief treatise on action, guilt, and gesture / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Adam Kotsko. Other titles: Karman. English Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018. | Series: Meridian, crossing aesthetics | “Originally published in Italian in 2017 under the title Karman: breve trattato sull’azione, la colpa e il gesto.” | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2017044378 (print) | LCCN 2017045501 (ebook) | ISBN 9781503605831 | ISBN 9781503602144 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781503605824 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Law and ethics. | Law—Philosophy. | Free will and determinism. | Act (Philosophy) | Responsibility. Classification: LCC K247.6 (ebook) | LCC K247.6 .A3313 2018 (print) | DDC 174/.3—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017044378 How can a human being be guilty? —F ranz Kafka This page intentionally left blank Contents Translator’s Note xi 1. Causa and Culpa 1 2. Crimen and Karman 24 3. The Aporias of the Will 43 4. Beyond Action 60 Bibliography 87 Index of Names 93 ix
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