{"product_id":"9781350622579","title":"Agamben and the Governance of Happiness Biopolitics in a Time of Ecological Crisis","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Directions in Italian Philosophy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAgamben and the Governance of Happiness\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBiopolitics in a Time of Ecological Crisis\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlphée C.S. Mpassi | Massimiliano Lacertosa | Giacomo Marramao | Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Political\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first book to offer a systematic reconstruction of the concept of happiness within Giorgio Agamben's biopolitical thought, revealing it as a central yet overlooked category that traverses his reflections on sovereignty, economy, and ethics, and connecting it to recent debates in ecocriticism and environmental ethics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Agamben is most often interpreted through the lenses of sovereignty, bare life, and states of exception, Alphée C. S. Mpassi demonstrates that the question of happiness constitutes a hidden thread connecting the critical (\u003ci\u003epars destruens\u003c\/i\u003e) and constructive (\u003ci\u003epars construens\u003c\/i\u003e) dimensions of Agamben's philosophy. Moving beyond readings that reduce Agamben to a purely negative or aporetic thinker, this book shows how happiness functions as the conceptual hinge between his critique of modern apparatuses of government and his search for liberated forms of life beyond economic and sovereign capture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough close engagement with Agamben's key texts, especially the \u003ci\u003eHomo Sacer\u003c\/i\u003e series and his broader philosophical corpus, Mpassi reconstructs a radically alternative conception of happiness grounded not in consumption, productivity, or individual fulfilment, but in use, potentiality, inoperativity, and form-of-life. \u003cbr\u003eThe book further situates Agamben within contemporary debates on political theology, post-capitalism, environmental ethics, and ecological crisis. In doing so, it foregrounds a neglected ecological dimension of Agamben's work, arguing that his critique of \u003ci\u003eoikonomia \u003c\/i\u003eand governmentality also carries profound implications for understanding contemporary forms of environmental devastation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffering a major new interpretation of Agamben's philosophy, \u003ci\u003eAgamben and the Biopolitics of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e will be essential reading for scholars and students of continental philosophy, political theory, political theology, environmental humanities, and critical theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlphée C. S. Mpassi \u003c\/b\u003eis Postdoctoral and Associate Researcher at the Centre for History of Philosophy and Science, Radbound University, the Netherlands.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350622579\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223603511436,"sku":"9781350622579","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_db8eff70-ecfc-41a4-a814-667e7eb99126.jpg?v=1783078640","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350622579","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}