by Giorgio Agamben · ISBN 9788833914596
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In 'Stato di eccezione', Giorgio Agamben explores the concept of the state of exception, a situation in which a government temporarily suspends the normal legal order in the name of public safety. Agamben analyzes how this state of exception has become an increasingly common practice in contemporary democracies, eroding the principles of the rule of law and threatening civil liberties. The author examines the philosophical and political implications of this trend, questioning the legitimacy and limits of state power in times of crisis.
Giorgio Agamben is an Italian philosopher whose work spans political theory, ontology, aesthetics, and literature. He is best known for developing the concept of homo sacer and exploring the relationship between sovereignty, legal authority, and what he calls 'bare life'. His writings draw on sources including Aristotle, Roman law, Christian theology, Martin Heidegger, Walter Benjamin, Ludwig Wittgenstein, St. Augustine and Carl Schmitt among others, and engage critically with Michel Foucault’s account of biopolitics and biopower. Agamben’s multi-volume Homo Sacer project has been widely discussed within political philosophy, jurisprudence, anthropology, and the humanities, and he is considered one of the most influential writers in contemporary continental philosophy.
