The Lexicon · Genealogy · Modern
AGAMBEN, GIORGIO
b. 1942
Homo Sacer (The Sacrament / Inventory Distinction)
Agamben names a figure included by exclusion: bare life that can be killed but not sacrificed. Limbo literalizes the diagram. The artist who pays to swipe right is homo sacer in reverse: included in the catalogue, excluded from the match. They are the inventory; the catalogued dead are the sacrament. Agamben gave us the structure. Limbo gave it a UI.