Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life
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Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life is a seminal philosophical work that examines how modern political systems produce "bare life" by excluding certain individuals from legal and political protections through the logic of sovereign power and states of exception.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life Context triple: [Giorgio Agamben, notableWork, Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life]
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The Birth of Biopolitics
The Birth of Biopolitics is a series of 1978–1979 lectures by Michel Foucault that analyze the emergence of neoliberal governmentality and its implications for modern forms of power over life and populations.
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Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence
Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence is a collection of essays by philosopher Judith Butler that examines vulnerability, grief, and the politics of violence and representation in the context of contemporary war and terrorism.
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C.
The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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D.
Anti-Oedipus
Anti-Oedipus is a seminal 1972 philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari that critiques psychoanalysis and capitalism while introducing the concept of “desiring-production.”
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E.
The Sublime Object of Ideology
The Sublime Object of Ideology is a 1989 philosophical work by Slavoj Žižek that applies Lacanian psychoanalysis to Marxist theory to explore how ideology structures subjectivity and social reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life Target entity description: Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life is a seminal philosophical work that examines how modern political systems produce "bare life" by excluding certain individuals from legal and political protections through the logic of sovereign power and states of exception.
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A.
The Birth of Biopolitics
The Birth of Biopolitics is a series of 1978–1979 lectures by Michel Foucault that analyze the emergence of neoliberal governmentality and its implications for modern forms of power over life and populations.
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B.
Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence
Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence is a collection of essays by philosopher Judith Butler that examines vulnerability, grief, and the politics of violence and representation in the context of contemporary war and terrorism.
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C.
The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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D.
Anti-Oedipus
Anti-Oedipus is a seminal 1972 philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari that critiques psychoanalysis and capitalism while introducing the concept of “desiring-production.”
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E.
The Sublime Object of Ideology
The Sublime Object of Ideology is a 1989 philosophical work by Slavoj Žižek that applies Lacanian psychoanalysis to Marxist theory to explore how ideology structures subjectivity and social reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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philosophical book ⓘ |
| argues |
modern politics is founded on the production of bare life
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the state of exception has become a normal paradigm of government ⓘ |
| author | Giorgio Agamben NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
bare life
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camp ⓘ homo sacer NERFINISHED ⓘ inclusive exclusion ⓘ sovereign exception ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| examines |
how sovereign power produces bare life
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mechanisms of exclusion from legal and political order ⓘ relation between law and violence ⓘ |
| field |
legal philosophy
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philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| genre |
critical theory
ⓘ
political philosophy literature ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
biopolitical studies
ⓘ
contemporary political theory ⓘ critical legal studies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Carl Schmitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
bare life
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biopolitics ⓘ legal theory ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ sovereign power ⓘ state of exception ⓘ |
| notableIdea | life that can be killed but not sacrificed ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Homo sacer. Il potere sovrano e la nuda vita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Homo Sacer project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| publishedInLanguage |
English
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Italian ⓘ |
| publisherOfEnglishEdition | Stanford University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
biopolitics
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state of exception theory ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
20th century politics
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modernity ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| usesExample |
Roman law figure of homo sacer
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concentration camp ⓘ |
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