This book investigates the genealogy of the strife between the Polis and its population with particular regard to the Greek concept of stasis and the strife with the commonwealth of Hobbes' Leviathan. It re opens the questioning of the answers offered from the pre history of the power of the State all the way to the time after the end of its power and towards the renewed questioning of the state of power today.
Author Biography
Giorgio Agamben is Baruch Spinoza Chair and Professor of philosophy at the European Graduate School.
