Approach between Agamben and Invisible Committee

Abstract

This article aims to bring the work of Giorgio Agamben closer to the work of the Invisible Committee, in order to highlight, in both, characteristics linked to anarchic resistance. First, the relationship of the Italian philosopher with Tiqqun magazine, published by the Imaginary Party, from which the Invisible Committee was derived, is reviewed. Following, the approach in question in this article is advanced, passing through three works published by the French group: The comming insurrection (2013), To our friends: crisis and insurrection (2016) and Now (2017): in the first, they highlight up the concepts of insurrection and what comes; in the second work, the concept of destituent power stands out; in the third, it delves into the destituent power and the concept of now, which in turn relates to Agamben's concept of time-of-now. Finally, the concept of destituent power appears in the works of the Invisible Committee in a similar way to that in Agamben's works, and also that the now and the time-of-now, in relation to the use and form-of-life, are crucial for understanding the destituent power in both Agamben and the Invisible Committee. At the same time, such an approach points to a relationship between the work of the Italian philosopher and the tradition of anarchic thinking, giving the Agambenian work a practical perspective of resistance to the rule of life.