Giorgio Agamben

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.

Literature

Books by Agamben

• L'uomo senza contenuto, Milano: Rizzoli, 1970; 2nd edition, Macerata: Quodlibet, 1994.
  • The Man without Content, trans. Georgia Albert, 1999.
• Stanze. La parola e il fantasma nella cultura occidentale, Torino: Einaudi, 1977.
  • Word and Phantasm in Western Culture, trans. Ronald L. Martinez, 1992.
• Il tempo che resta. Un commento alla «Lettera ai romani», Torino: Bollati Boringhieri, 2000.
• Infanzia e storia. Distruzione dell’esperienza e origine della storia, Torino: Einaudi, 1978; new edition, Torino: Einaudi 2010.
  • Infancy and History. The Destruction of Experience, trans. Liz Heron, London & New York: Verso, 1993 (in English).
• Mezzi senza fine. Note sulla politica, Torino: Bollati Boringhieri, 1996, 2008.
  • Means without end: notes on politics, trans. Vincenzo Binetti and Cesate Casarino, Minneapolis & London: Univeristy of Minnesota Press, 2000.
• Il giorno del giudizio, Roma: Nottetempo, 2004; reprint in: Profanazioni, 2005, pp. 25-38.
• Genius,Roma: Nottetempo, 2004.
• Pilato e Gesù, Roma: Nottetempo, 2013.

Books on Agamben

• Matthew Calarco and Steven DeCaroli (eds.), Giorgio Agamben: Sovereignty and Life, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2007.
• Leland de la Durantaye, Giorgio Agamben: A Critical Introduction, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2009.

Bibliography

• compiled by Jacopo D’Alonzo, December 2013

Links

• Scans of his 18 books