Giorgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer.
Note 1.
We are going to follow the development of the concept of Homo Sacer – bare life -la nuda vita -das bloße Leben- and its bearing on the articulation of the notion of human rights throughout human history.
Note 2.
Agamben delves into Foucault’s concept of biopower, developed in vol.1 of his History of Sexuality and related works, in order to correct or even complete it. While Foucault announces the entering of modernity with the transition from sovereign power to biopower, Agamben holds that these are co-existent, and, moreover , their coexistence is brought into evidence on an unprecedented scale.
Circle of Studies of Idea and Ideology 