ABSTRACT
The purpose of the article is to analyze the notion of “late style”, first presented by Theodor Adorno in a 1937 essay and used by Edward Said in a book of the same name, published posthumously in 2006. More specifically, the article investigates the hermeneutical productivity of using the notion of late style to read the most recent works of philosopher Giorgio Agamben. The hypothesis is that the use of late style allows us to observe in Agamben’s works a peculiar and productive way of approaching the historicity of texts and images. To deepen this perspective, the article analyses two main groups of works by the author: a set of essays published since 2009 and two recent books, Autoritratto nello studio, from 2017, and Studiolo, from 2019.
Keywords:
late style; Edward Said; Theodor Adorno; Giorgio Agamben; Hermeneutics