Requiring no prior knowledge of the series, Colby Dickinson provides a guide to understanding why Agamben's Homer Sacer series is one of the most significant philosophical texts of the past century. He explores key concepts including sovereignty, potentiality, form-of-life, the state of exception, inoperativity, glory and the messianic as they appear and reappear throughout the series.
- | Author: Colby Dickinson
- | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- | Publication Date: May 12, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 248 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Philosophy
- | ISBN-10: 1474486703
- | ISBN-13: 9781474486705