12 new essays evaluating Agamben s work from a postcolonial perspectiveSvirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory Agamben s theories of the state of exception and bare life are situated in critical relation to the existence of these phenomena in the colonial postcolonial world Key FeaturesFeatures an international set of expert contributors who approach postcolonial criticism from an interdisciplinary perspectiveDeals with colonial and postcolonial issues in Russia Israel and Palestine Africa the Americas Asia and AustraliaOffers new insights on colonial exclusion racism and postcolonial democracyA timely intervention to debates in poststructuralist postcolonial and postmodern studies for students of politics critical theory and social political philosophy