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Homo Sacer: Beneath and Outside the Law
- Homo sacer is someone both beneath and outside the law, whose life holds no value within the dominant social order.
- Their life cannot be sacrificed for any meaningful purpose, nor does their death carry consequences.
Sovereign Power and Impunity
- The sovereign holds the unique power to kill without committing homicide or serving a sacrificial purpose.
- This power emerges from a specific social organization where certain individuals are deemed less than human.
Agamben's Biopolitics vs. Foucault's
- Agamben's biopolitics focuses on the reduction of individuals to bare life, making them killable without consequence.
- This differs from Foucault's biopolitics, which emphasizes the implications of life's proliferation for power.