Giorgio Agamben
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Giorgio Agamben is an Italian philosopher best known for his work on biopolitics, states of exception, and the concept of "homo sacer," which has significantly influenced contemporary political and legal theory.
All labels observed (2)
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| Giorgio Agamben canonical | 7 |
| Agamben | 1 |
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Target entity: Giorgio Agamben Context triple: [Walter Benjamin, influenced, Giorgio Agamben]
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Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic known for his idiosyncratic blend of Hegelian dialectics, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and Marxist theory applied to contemporary culture and politics.
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Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher best known as the founder of deconstruction, whose work profoundly influenced literary theory, philosophy, and critical theory in the late 20th century.
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Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault was a French philosopher and social theorist known for his influential analyses of power, knowledge, and institutions in works such as "Discipline and Punish" and "The History of Sexuality."
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Paul de Man
Paul de Man was a Belgian-born literary critic and theorist, best known as a leading figure in deconstruction and for his influential work on rhetoric and reading in literary texts.
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Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur was a 20th-century French philosopher known for his work in phenomenology and hermeneutics, especially his analyses of narrative, interpretation, and the nature of the self.
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Target entity: Giorgio Agamben Target entity description: Giorgio Agamben is an Italian philosopher best known for his work on biopolitics, states of exception, and the concept of "homo sacer," which has significantly influenced contemporary political and legal theory.
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A.
Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic known for his idiosyncratic blend of Hegelian dialectics, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and Marxist theory applied to contemporary culture and politics.
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B.
Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher best known as the founder of deconstruction, whose work profoundly influenced literary theory, philosophy, and critical theory in the late 20th century.
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C.
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault was a French philosopher and social theorist known for his influential analyses of power, knowledge, and institutions in works such as "Discipline and Punish" and "The History of Sexuality."
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Paul de Man
Paul de Man was a Belgian-born literary critic and theorist, best known as a leading figure in deconstruction and for his influential work on rhetoric and reading in literary texts.
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E.
Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur was a 20th-century French philosopher known for his work in phenomenology and hermeneutics, especially his analyses of narrative, interpretation, and the nature of the self.
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Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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legal theorist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
contemporary legal theory
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contemporary political philosophy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| familyName |
Giorgio Agamben
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Agamben
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| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
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biopolitics ⓘ legal theory ⓘ literary theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ political theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Giorgio ⓘ |
| influenced |
biopolitical theory
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contemporary political theory ⓘ legal realism ⓘ
surface form:
critical legal studies
political theology scholarship ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Carl Schmitt ⓘ Hannah Arendt ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ Walter Benjamin ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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French ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| movement |
contemporary continental philosophy
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post-structuralism ⓘ |
| name | Giorgio Agamben self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
bare life
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form-of-life ⓘ homo sacer ⓘ state of exception ⓘ whatever singularity ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life
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Means Without End: Notes on Politics ⓘ Profanations ⓘ Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive ⓘ State of Exception ⓘ The Coming Community ⓘ The Kingdom and the Glory ⓘ The Open: Man and Animal ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
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university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Subject: Giorgio Agamben Description of subject: Giorgio Agamben is an Italian philosopher best known for his work on biopolitics, states of exception, and the concept of "homo sacer," which has significantly influenced contemporary political and legal theory.
Referenced by (8)
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