Philosophical Archaeology - Ido Govrin

Explores The Potential For A Novel Philosophy Of History To Be Uncovered By Tracing The Connections Between Giorgio Agamben''s Work (theoretical Practice) And Contemporary Art (artistic Practice).offering, For The First Time, A Full Historicized Accounting Of Philosophical Archaeology, Ido Govrin Delineates How This Overarching Method Of Historical Inquiry Has Today Become Associated, To A Large Extent, With The Work Of Giorgio Agamben-and How It Constitutes Agamben''s Philosophy Of History In Particular. As Befits A Book Situated At An Intellectual Crossroads That Brings Together A Range Of Discourses-philosophy, History, Aesthetics, Theology, And Philology-govrin Conceives Of Philosophical Archaeology As A Multifaceted Concept, On A Broad Scale. The Discussion Slides Along The Length Of The Multilateral Fault Line And Into The Related Fields Of Contemporary Art And Art Historytheory.