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    Oath, torture, testimony: language, law and life in the work of Giorgio Agamben
    (Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2012) Clemens, Justin
    In this paper, I will argue that Giorgio Agamben has provided for a radical theory of the import of torture on human life, one that provides a different genealogy and projects different implications for the relation between torture and politics than have otherwise been given. I will begin by examining some of the features of the current, post-September 11 ‘debate’ about torture, before moving to an exegesis of Agamben’s theses and their import for thinking politics today.