Twelve new essays evaluating Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory. Agamben's theories of the 'state of exception' and 'barelife' are situated in critical relation to the existence of these phenomena in the colonial/postcolonial world. | Agamben and Colonialism by Marcelo Svirsky, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters