What Is an Apparatus? and Other Essays

68 Pages·2009·3.11 MB·English

by  Giorgio Agamben

WHAT ISA N
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Contents
TranslatNoors't( IX
§ WhatI san A pparatus?
§T he Friend 25
§ WhaItst hCeo ntemporary? 39
Notes
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WHAT ISA N
APPARATUS?