Although the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agambens political thought has drawn substantial critical attention in North America over roughly the last decade, this coverage tends to focus on only a few works in isolation. This study is one of the few full-length examinations seeking to correct this limitation by providing a synthetic exposition and analysis of a substantial portion of Agambens body of work. Not only does this study address the relative lack of attention paid to Agambens early work on language and aesthetics, it also advances an original assessment of the relative influence on...