This book has the potential to redefine the study of Agamben. It is a groundbreaking study which needs to be read by any scholar or student of Agamben’s work, or who is interested in how ethics can form the basis for a transformative philosophy.

Dr Tom Frost, Senior Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent, UK

One doesn’t have to agree with Ype de Boer’s views of Agamben to reap the rewards of this book's reading of the provocative Italian philosopher as a fundamentally ethical thinker and as a poet of the good life. De Boer's interpretative lens offers readers an illuminating way of appreciating the ambiguities and continuities of Agamben's grammars, and thereby a way of reflecting anew on some of the most pressing dialogues in contemporary thought.

Vivian Liska, Director of the Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Antwerp and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, author of German-Jewish Thought and Its Afterlife and Giorgio Agambens leerer Messianismus

By emphasizing the ethical dimension of an author who is typically understood as a political thinker, Ype de Boer’s book breaks new ground, offering a new lens through which Agamben’s philosophical project can be understood. With a great deal of precision, and without succumbing to jargon, the book methodically reveals Agamben’s positive project—the many stars I sketched in the margins are a testament to the book’s marvelous content.

Steven DeCaroli, Professor of Philosophy, Goucher College, USA