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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Main Author: German Eduardo Primera Villamizar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2014-12-01
Series:Ideas y Valores
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/38326/pdf_33