G. Agamben and the Biopolitical Understanding of the Shoah.

The Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, in his Homo Sacer-cycle, has developed a new paradigm for thinking the Shoah. Departing from Michel Foucault’s biopolitical thought, he argues that modern political power is made possible by the helix-structure of sovereign power and homo sacer. Sovereign pow...

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Published in:	Problems / Problemos pp. 56 - 69
Main Author:	Anckaert, Luc
Format:	Article
Published:	Vilnius University 2022 Supplement
Subjects:	Agamben, Giorgio, 1942- Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 Concentration camps Power (Social sciences) Lithuania
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost