Biopolitics
Giorgio Agamben

Italian philosopher and legal theorist Giorgio Agamben's theory of biopolitics critiques that of Foucault, citing his predecessor's supposition as overly simplistic and lacking legal framework. Agamben's biopolitics is based on a distinction between three types of life: natural life, political life, and bare life- tracing the birth of biopolitics back to Ancient Greece, opposing Foucault's focus on modernity. Ancient Greek philosophy details a separation of bios – meaning physical life, or the life of the body, and zoe – a divine, spiritual life that is eternal and immortal. This distinction parallels the ancient Roman law of homo sacer – he who could be killed but not sacrificed.
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