Giorgio Agamben
Personal Info

Place of Birth
Rome, Italy

Date of Birth
1942-04-22 (83 Years old)

Giorgio Agamben

Biography

Giorgio Agamben is an Italian philosopher best known for his work investigating the concepts of the state of exception, form-of-life (borrowed from Ludwig Wittgenstein) and homo sacer. The concept of biopolitics (carried forth from the work of Michel Foucault) informs many of his writings.

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