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'''Giorgio Agamben''' (Born 1942) is one of the leading figures in Italian philosophy and radical political theory, and in recent years, his work has had a deep impact on contemporary scholarship in a number of disciplines in the Anglo-American intellectual world.  He is 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.  His strongest influences include [[Martin Heidegger]], [[Walter Benjamin]] and Michel Foucault.
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Giorgio Agamben (Born 1942) is one of the leading figures in Italian philosophy and radical political theory, and in recent years, his work has had a deep impact on contemporary scholarship in a number of disciplines in the Anglo-American intellectual world. He is 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. His strongest influences include Martin Heidegger, Walter Benjamin and Michel Foucault.

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