Lвђ™uso Dei Corpi. Homo Sacer, Iv, 2 ⏰

The slave represents a "use of the body" that exists outside the traditional work-production binary. Slave labor is not "work" in the modern sense but a "use of self" that challenges the subject-object relationship.

Agamben describes this final volume not as a conclusion but as an "abandonment" of a 20-year archaeological investigation. L’uso dei corpi. Homo sacer, IV, 2

The second major section calls for a complete overhaul of Western ontology. The slave represents a "use of the body"

He proposes that "ontology and politics correspond perfectly." A modal ontology leads to an ethics of "use" where life is not a property to be managed but a way of being. 4. The Goal: "Form-of-Life" and "Inoperativity" L’uso dei corpi. Homo sacer, IV, 2

This section explores the central motivating force of the entire series. The Use of Bodies | Stanford University Press