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.
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 retu to again and again in the years to come.” -William Watkin, Brunel University
About the Author
Gian Fusco, Lecturer in Law, University of Kent.