Sergei Prozorov 
Agamben and Politics [PDF ebook] 
A Critical Introduction

Tracing how the logic of inoperativity works in the domains of language, law, history and humanity, ‚Agamben and Politics‘ systematically introduces the fundamental concepts of Agamben’s political thought and a critically interprets his insights in the wider context of contemporary philosophy. In a change of focus from Agamben’s other commentators, Sergei Prozorov brings out the affirmative mood of Agamben’s political thought. He concentrates on the concept of inoperativity, which has been central to Agamben’s thought from his earliest writings.