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Giorgio Agamben

Giorgio Agamben is an Italian philosopher and political theorist. This article is excerpted from his latest book, Where Are We Now?: The Epidemic as Politics, translated by Valeria Dani. It is reproduced here by arrangement with the publisher, Rowman & Littlefield. It originally appeared in the Corpus Christi 2021 issue of The Lamp Magazine.

The Medical Religion

by Giorgio Agamben
The new religion offers no prospect of salvation or redemption.

by Giorgio Agamben
On the reigning system of belief in the modern West.
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John F. Quinn Jodi Magness Vincent L. Strand Gill West Kevin Tierney Leah Libresco Sargeant Peter Mottola Andrew Burnham Mikael Muehlbauer Dwight Lindley Charles Taylor Bill McCormick Jane Cooper Will Thibeau
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