When the House Burns DownGiorgio Agamben tackles our crisis ridden world in a series of powerful philosophical essays. Which house is burning? asks Giorgio Agamben. The country where you live, or Europe, or the whole world? Perhaps the houses, the cities have already burnt downwho knows how long ago?in a single immense blaze that we pretended not to see. In this collection of four luminous, lyrical essays, Agamben brings his characteristic combination of philosophical acuity