Giorgio Agamben

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

April 22, 1942

Age

84

From

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.