Giorgio Agamben

<p>This book offers a thorough introduction to and engagement with the jurisprudential political and philosophical thought of the influential Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. Critically introducing Agamben's work to both a readership in legal theory and in the humanities and social sciences more generally Zartaloudis takes up the three main themes of Agamben's recent work: Power (in its relation to bio-politics capitalism social systems control and political theory); Law (in its relation to philosophy violence rights states of exception and sovereignty); and Humanity (in its relation to theories of ethics the idea of the human human rights discourse and the condition of refugees). </p>