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This paper is a comparative analysis of Agamben’s proposal with Hannah Arendt and Carl Schmitt’s thought in order to identify the divergences and convergences between them. Sovereignty, state of emergency, biopolitics, and totalitarianism are the core concepts of Giorgio Agamben’s political philosophy, which intends to describe how power is exercised in the modern State. Biopolitics and Exception in Giorgio Agamben’s Work, Convergences and Divergences with Hannah Arendt and Carl Schmitt’s Thought. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The most notorious instance of this may have resulted in the best and most famous episode of the original "Trek": "The City on the Edge of Forever." Originally penned by sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison, the script was excellent - Ellison even won an award for it - but it would have been impossible to shoot on a television budget. 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