Preparing a paper on ( The Use of Bodies ), the final volume of Giorgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer series, requires navigating his shift from a critique of sovereign power to an affirmative "coming politics".
The second major section calls for a complete overhaul of Western ontology. L’uso dei corpi. Homo sacer, IV, 2
Agamben describes this final volume not as a conclusion but as an "abandonment" of a 20-year archaeological investigation. Preparing a paper on ( The Use of
Drawing on Foucault and the Stoics, Agamben explores "use" ( chresis ) as a way of being that does not possess its object but is constituted through it. 3. Ontological Reworking: Being vs. Use Drawing on Foucault and the Stoics, Agamben explores
Agamben moves beyond the "state of exception" to propose "use" and "form-of-life" as ways to render the biopolitical machine inoperative. 2. Key Concept: The Slave and "Use"
Below is a structured outline and key conceptual components for your paper. 1. Introduction: The Completion of the Homo Sacer Project