Published: 2015-12-23

The Bare Life of Animals. The Use-Value of Giorgio Agamben

Michał Krzykawski Logo ORCID

Abstract

The aim of this article is to discuss Agamben’s distinction between dzoē and bios and verify if the category of bare life would be relevant to the life of animals. At first glance, following Agamben’s line of thought, one might say that the very helplessness of the modern law in the face of dzoē results in ephemeral and certainly not inalienable animal rights. Thus, what Agamben calls homo sacer would also refer to animals as animal sacrum. However, when extended to include animals, Agamben’s philosophical project shows serious constraints which are cleverly camouflaged under the linguistic argument and his rather selective interpretation of Aristotle’s works.

Citation rules

Krzykawski, M. (2015). The Bare Life of Animals. The Use-Value of Giorgio Agamben. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (1), 95–108. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ZOOPHILOLOGICA/article/view/4826

Zoophilologica – T.1 (2015) – Zwierzęce/Animalis

No. 1 (2015)
Published: 2016-08-14


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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