Form of Life: Agamben and the Destitution of Rules (Encounters in Law & Philosophy)

Form of Life: Agamben and the Destitution of Rules (Encounters in Law & Philosophy)
by: Gian Fusco (Author)
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date: 13 Dec. 2022
Language:English
Print Length:256 pages
ISBN-10:1474460925
ISBN-13:9781474460927
Book Description
Giorgio Agamben’s form-of-life discloses the possibility of a new understanding of political and legal life. This book places ‘form-of-life’ in the context of contemporary philosophy, re-imagining some of the basic categories of human socialities- such as work, rights, obligation, property and use.
About the Author
Review “This is one of the best books on Agamben in recent years and essential reading for any Agamben scholar. More than it is an original and wide-raging book that is immensely useful in its consideration of our understanding of sovereignty and form of life in critical jurisprudence. It is fascinating reading for anyone interested in Agamben’s biopolitics in the context of Schmitt’s decisionism, Wittgenstein’s form of life, law and, crucially, the essential recent body work of Agamben published in the last two decades. This will be a book we return to again and again in the years to come.” -William Watkin, Brunel University About the Author Gian Fusco, Lecturer in Law, University of Kent.