Alex Murray is a lecturer in twentieth-century literature at the University of Exeter and publishes widely in nineteenth and twentieth century English Literature, as well as critical theory. He is the author of, most recently, Giorgio Agamben (2010) and is a founding editor of Parrhesia: a Journal of Critical Philosophy. Jessica Whyte is Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis at the University of Western Sydney. She has published widely on contemporary European philosophy and political theory, and is the co-editor of the Theory and Event Symposium "Form of Life: Giorgio Agamben, Ontology, Politics", 2010.

This welcome resource will help students and readers of Giorgio Agamben appreciate the cohesion of the Italian thinker’s contribution to the history of philosophy. Agamben’s terminology was often in a language other than English, but the contributors herein have worked masterfully to provide English approximations and examples in English from Agamben’s writings ... Not only are the succinct, attributed entries a pleasure to read, they are also addictive, they are so well cross-referenced ... Summing Up: Highly recommended.

• Introduction: The Lexicographer and the Sovereign, Alex Murray and Jessica Whyte; Entries A-Z; Bibliography; Further Reading; Notes on Contributors.