Giorgio Agamben (Italian: [aˈɡambɛn]; born 22 April 1942) is an Italian Continental philosopher best known for his work investigating the concepts of the state of exception form-of-life and homo sacer. The concept of biopolitics (borrowed from Michel Foucault) informs many of his writings.
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birth date
1942-04-22
birth place
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
era
Contemporary philosophy
influenced
Tiqqun, Justin Clemens, Mario Kopić, Dominick LaCapra
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