Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life
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Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life is a seminal philosophical work that examines how modern political systems produce "bare life" by excluding certain individuals from legal and political protections through the logic of sovereign power and states of exception.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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philosophical book ⓘ |
| argues |
modern politics is founded on the production of bare life
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the state of exception has become a normal paradigm of government ⓘ |
| author | Giorgio Agamben NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
bare life
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camp ⓘ homo sacer NERFINISHED ⓘ inclusive exclusion ⓘ sovereign exception ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| examines |
how sovereign power produces bare life
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mechanisms of exclusion from legal and political order ⓘ relation between law and violence ⓘ |
| field |
legal philosophy
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philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| genre |
critical theory
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political philosophy literature ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
biopolitical studies
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contemporary political theory ⓘ critical legal studies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Carl Schmitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
bare life
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biopolitics ⓘ legal theory ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ sovereign power ⓘ state of exception ⓘ |
| notableIdea | life that can be killed but not sacrificed ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Homo sacer. Il potere sovrano e la nuda vita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Homo Sacer project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| publishedInLanguage |
English
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Italian ⓘ |
| publisherOfEnglishEdition | Stanford University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
biopolitics
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state of exception theory ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
20th century politics
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modernity ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| usesExample |
Roman law figure of homo sacer
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concentration camp ⓘ |
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