Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life by Giorgio Agamben

Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life

Homo Sacer #I

Giorgio Agamben with Daniel Heller-Roazen (Translator)

208 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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The work of Giorgio Agamben, one of Italy’s most important and original philosophers, has been based on an uncommon erudition in classical traditions of philosophy and rhetoric, the grammarians of late antiquity, Christian theology, and modern phi...

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Moods

challenging 85%
reflective 71%
dark 57%
informative 57%
adventurous 14%
inspiring 14%
sad 14%

Pace

slow 42%
medium 42%
fast 14%

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