This book collects new contributions from an international group of leading scholars including many who have worked closely with Agamben to consider the impact of Agamben s thought on research in the humanities and social sciences. "Giorgio Agamben: Legal, Political and Philosophical Perspectives" addresses the potential of Agamben s thought by re-focusing attention away from his critiques of Western politics and towards his scheme for a political future. Part I of the book draws upon a wide range of issues such as legal oaths, legal reasoning and Christian conceptions of love in order to...