Giorgio Agamben

Giorgio Agamben (b. 1942) is an Italian philosopher whose work bridges political theory, philosophy, literature, and philology. He is best known for concepts such as homo sacer, the state of exception, and form-of-life, ideas that draw on and extend Michel Foucault’s notion of biopolitics. Educated in Rome, he participated in Martin Heidegger’s Le Thor seminars in the 1960s and later worked at the Warburg Institute in London, where he wrote Stanzas (1977). Agamben has been strongly influenced by Walter Benjamin, whose lost manuscripts he helped recover and edit, and his thought has engaged with figures ranging from Carl Schmitt to Jean-Luc Nancy. His writings, including The Coming Community (1990) and State of Exception (2003), explore the intersections of law, politics, and life, often questioning the borders that define humanity, community, and power.

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