The appropriation of abandonment: Giorgio Agamben on the state of nature and the political

Continental Philosophy Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-353

  Prozorov, Sergei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agamben; Anomie; Hobbes; Schmitt; Sovereignty; The political

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449123311     PISSN: 13872842     EISSN: 15731103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11007-009-9115-z     Document Type: Article

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