Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Giorgio Agamben

Born: April 22, 1942 (age 83)
Bio: Giorgio Agamben is an Italian philosopher best known for his work investigating the concepts of the state of exception, form-of-life and homo sacer. The concept of biopolitics informs many of his writings.
Known for:
- Homo Sacer (2004)
- Remnants of Auschwitz (1999)
- The Open: Man and Animal (2004)
- The coming community (1993)