Making life a way of its own

alternatives from Agamben to the "society of the spectacle"

Abstract

The present article intends to reflect on the particular view that Giorgio Agamben has about politics based on the use he makes of some authors (Debord, Heidegger, Foucault, Kojève) and concepts ("show", "posthistory", "life", "Form-of-life") with which for more than twenty years he addressed issues of contemporary political thought. The interpretative route is centered between the years of the publication of Endless Media (1996), a small book but hinge in its scriptural production and the end of the saga Homo Sacer The use of bodies (2014).

Keywords: Giorgio Agamben. Guy Debord. Society of Spectacle. Life. Form-of-life. Posthistory.