Potentiality, sovereignty and bare life. a critical reading of giorgio agamben

This article presents a critical account of Agamben’s understanding of the logic of sovereignty and of the notion bare life, particularly Agamben’s approach to the paradox of sovereignty and its relation to Aristotle’s metaphysical category of potentiality. With regards to bare life, it brings toget...

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Primera Villamizar, German Eduardo
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title_short Potentiality, sovereignty and bare life. a critical reading of giorgio agamben
title_full Potentiality, sovereignty and bare life. a critical reading of giorgio agamben
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sovereignty
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bare life
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sovereignty
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