I have been offered a contract to translate two works by Agamben in the coming year: Opus dei: Archeologia dell’ufficio and Altissima povertà: Regole monastiche e forma di vita. The two volumes represent sections 2.5 and 4.1 of the Homo Sacer series, respectively. Opus dei: An Archeology of Office is an investigation of the way that Christian liturgical concepts have informed modern ethical concepts, while The Highest Poverty: Monastic Rules and Form of Life presents Christian monasticism as an attempt to conceive of a form of life that would overcome the opposition between life and rule.
We have agreed that I will complete these translations by the end of the calendar year, so now I know how I’ll be spending my summer vacation.
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 8:05 am
This is really cool. I hope the work goes smoothly.
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 8:58 am
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Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 9:01 am
Two words. Google Translate. ;P
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 9:51 am
Jason: Shh! Don’t ruin this for me!
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Congrats. That’s exciting news. Stanford UP?
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Yes, it’s for Stanford. Sorry to have forgotten to mention that.
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Let me be the first one to ask if there is any news on the publication of those two new Agamben books.
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Great! Congrats!
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Congrats! Highest poverty first! Not too into offices…
Friday, March 2, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Congratulations. I’m eagerly awaiting both. I have a million ideas about Agamben and habit, and now I’m worried he’s just going to say them all in THP.
Friday, March 2, 2012 at 1:54 pm
He actually discusses habit in Opus Dei.
Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 2:27 am
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Friday, April 13, 2012 at 11:41 am
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