Form of Life: Agamben and the Destitution of Rules

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This book is like a mirror in which dispersed pieces of Agamben's thinking are brilliantly reconstituted into a new constellation. Being a great thinker of anarchy, Fusco portrays Agamben as a theoretician of life emancipated from the curse of power. A redemption act to Agamben, a must-read for Agamben scholars. -- Przemyslaw Tacik, Jagiellonian University, Krakow This is one of the best books on Agamben in recent years and essential reading for any Agamben scholar. More than it is an original and wide-raging book that is immensely useful in its consideration of our understanding of sovereignty and form of life in critical jurisprudence. It is fascinating reading for anyone interested in Agamben's biopolitics in the context of Schmitt's decisionism, Wittgenstein's form of life, law and, crucially, the essential recent body work of Agamben published in the last two decades. This will be a book we return to again and again in the years to come. -- William Watkin, Brunel University