The aim of this paper is to present Giorgio Agamben’s interpretation of Saussure. Analyzing some Agamben’s writings from the 1960s and 1970s. This paper will show how his interpretation of Saussure’s Cours was deeply indebted to Jakobson and Benveniste. Fundamentally Agamben relates Saussure with Structuralism. Specifically, Agamben’s critique of goals, methods and objects of Saussure's linguistics leads him to critique some assumptions of Structuralism. Agamben finds in Saussure another semiology different from the main stream of linguistics. Such a conundrum demonstrates a deeper contradiction in Agamben’s critical evaluation of his own linguistic sources. Therefore, this paper will illustrate the consequences of Agamben’s interpretation of Saussure with regard to his philosophy of language. Agamben criticizes Structuralism and at the same time he retains to the assumptions of Structuralism.
Quel che resta di Saussure. La critica alla linguistica nei primi scritti di Giorgio Agamben / D'Alonzo, Jacopo. - In: STUDI FILOSOFICI. - ISSN 1124-1047. - STAMPA. - 38:(2015), pp. 245-268.
Quel che resta di Saussure. La critica alla linguistica nei primi scritti di Giorgio Agamben
D'Alonzo, Jacopo
2015
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The aim of this paper is to present Giorgio Agamben’s interpretation of Saussure. Analyzing some Agamben’s writings from the 1960s and 1970s. This paper will show how his interpretation of Saussure’s Cours was deeply indebted to Jakobson and Benveniste. Fundamentally Agamben relates Saussure with Structuralism. Specifically, Agamben’s critique of goals, methods and objects of Saussure's linguistics leads him to critique some assumptions of Structuralism. Agamben finds in Saussure another semiology different from the main stream of linguistics. Such a conundrum demonstrates a deeper contradiction in Agamben’s critical evaluation of his own linguistic sources. Therefore, this paper will illustrate the consequences of Agamben’s interpretation of Saussure with regard to his philosophy of language. Agamben criticizes Structuralism and at the same time he retains to the assumptions of Structuralism.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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