Giorgio Agamben

<p><em>Giorgio Agamben: Power Law and the Uses of Criticism</em> is a thorough engagement with the thought of the influential Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. It explores Agamben’s work on language ontology power law and criticism from the 1970s to his most recent publications. </p><p>Introducing Agamben's work to a readership in legal theory as well as in the humanities and social sciences more generally Thanos Zartaloudis argues that an adequate understanding of Agamben's Homo Sacer project requires an attention to his earlier philosophical writings on language ontology power and time. It is through this attentive and creative analysis of Agamben's work that Zartaloudis here presents a rethinking of the ideas of justice and criticism.</p>