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In Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, Giorgio Agamben analyzes the obscure figure of the "homo sacer" (the "sacred man") in Roman law. This figure represents an individual who is excluded from the legal order and can be killed without legal consequence, yet cannot be sacrificed in a religious ritual. Agamben uses this historical example to explore the complex relationship between sovereign power, law, and bare life (zoe), arguing that the production of bare life as the object of sovereign power is a fundamental aspect of Western politics. He traces this dynamic through various historical and philosophical contexts, from Aristotle to Foucault, examining how the state of exception, where sovereign power suspends the law, becomes increasingly normalized in modern societies. Agamben contends that this process leads to the blurring of the lines between life and death, inside and outside the law, and ultimately threatens the very foundations of human rights and democracy.

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