Form of Life: Agamben and the Destitution of Rules

A rigorous reading of Agamben’s concept of form-of-life Discusses Agamben’s political thought and the question of anarchyRe-evaluates Agamben’s thought in light of his later works and the recent completion of the Homo Sacer seriesConsiders Agamben’s related works on use, praxis, inoperativity, and destitutioOutlines a theoretical framework through which to think of a non-state and non-legal politicsExplores underappreciated influences of Agamben’s philosophy The concept of a form-of-life is the