homo sacer
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Homo sacer is Giorgio Agamben’s key philosophical figure describing a person reduced to “bare life,” excluded from legal and political protections yet still subject to sovereign power.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Homo sacer | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
key concept in Giorgio Agamben's philosophy
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legal-philosophical figure ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| alsoInterpretedAs | accursed man ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
bare life
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biopolitics ⓘ political theology ⓘ sovereign power ⓘ state of exception ⓘ |
| centralWork | Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
continued subjection to sovereign power
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exclusion from the juridical order ⓘ exposure to violence without legal recourse ⓘ indistinction between public and private life ⓘ |
| definedAs |
a life that can be killed but not sacrificed
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a person excluded from legal and political protections ⓘ a person reduced to bare life ⓘ |
| describedBy | Giorgio Agamben NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedIn | Homo Sacer project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epistemicStatus | theoretical construct rather than empirical category ⓘ |
| field |
contemporary continental philosophy
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critical theory ⓘ legal theory ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasTheoreticalRole |
exemplifies the logic of the state of exception
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marks the threshold between life and law ⓘ reveals the structure of sovereign power ⓘ shows how political life can be reduced to biological existence ⓘ |
| historicalReference | figure in archaic Roman law who could be killed without legal penalty ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Carl Schmitt
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Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | sacred man ⓘ |
| originatesIn | ancient Roman law ⓘ |
| partOf | Agamben's theory of biopolitics ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Muselmann
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bios ⓘ camp ⓘ inclusive exclusion ⓘ sovereign ban ⓘ zoe ⓘ |
| usedToAnalyze |
concentration camps
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emergency legislation ⓘ human rights regimes ⓘ modern forms of sovereignty ⓘ refugees ⓘ stateless persons ⓘ |
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