Giorgio Agamben
Born
April 22, 1942 (83 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Rome, Italy
Giorgio Agamben is an Italian philosopher best known for his work investigating the concepts of the state of exception, form-of-life (borrowed from Ludwig Wittgenstein) and homo sacer. The concept of biopolitics (carried forth from the work of Michel Foucault) informs many of his writings.
