"Homo sacer" is a concept mostly related to which philosopher?
Aristotle
Giorgio Agamben
Immanuel Kant
Søren Kierkegaard
Answer
Giorgio Agamben, an Italian philosopher, introduced the concept of "homo sacer" in his 1995 book of the same name. Homo sacer refers to a figure who is simultaneously excluded from and included in the social and political order. They are not fully human, nor are they fully outside the law, existing in a state of exception where their lives can be taken without legal consequences.
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