Is a protected democracy still a democracy? Why does politics leave important decisions to law and the life sciences? And what does law have to do with life? This series of questions from the work of Giorgio Agamben has expanded since the first edition of the introductory volume by Eva Geulen. The completely revised new edition takes this into account by explaining the texts that have since been published in German translation and supplementing the presentation with Agamben's recent engagement with a theological genealogy of economics. "Anyone who wants to learn more about Agamben's style of thinking and his sources will find what they are looking for here.".