Giorgio Agamben

Offers an introduction to the jurisprudential, political and philosophical thought of the influential Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. This work deals with the three main themes of Agamben's work: Power; Law; and Humanity. It describes a distinctly Agambenian account of the relationship between justice and critique.

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Giorgio Agamben: Power, Law and the Uses of Criticism is a thorough engagement with the thought of the influential Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. It explores Agamben’s work on language, ontology, power, law and criticism from the 1970s to his most recent publications.

Introducing Agamben's work to a readership in legal theory, as well as in the humanities and social sciences more generally, Thanos Zartaloudis argues that an adequate understanding of Agamben's Homo Sacer project requires an attention to his earlier philosophical writings on language, ontology, power and time. It is through this attentive and creative analysis of Agamben's work that Zartaloudis here presents a rethinking of the ideas of justice and criticism.