RESENHA GIORGIO AGAMBEN

Pietro Giorgio Lovaglio

In this paper we propose a methodology for the estimation of Customer Satisfaction (CS) conceived as a Latent variable (LV) specified in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) structural model. The current proposal puts forward: the approaches of structural equations based on LISREL (Joreskog, 1978), since it involves the dual problem of indeterminacy of the latent scores and the norma...

Giorgio Pochetti

Cooperation ∗ Giorgio Gallo

After a discussion on the relevance of ethics in Operations Research, two approaches to the ethical discourse, one based on rules and the other based on principles and values, are analyzed. Then, two ethical principles, which can help O.R. researchers and practitioners in their activity are discussed in some detail. The first is the “responsibility principle”, proposed in a more general context...

Neo-eugenics: A Feminist Critique of Agamben

IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POVERTY POLICY, the welfare mother is exposed to harsh treatment that is designed to maintain her participation in the low-wage labor force and, arguably, to discipline wage labor as a whole by restricting the alternatives to wage earning. I would contend that she is also being subjected to an extraordinarily invasive form of sexual regulation, ranging from teen pregnan...

Alex Murray and Jessica Whyte. The Agamben Dictionary. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011. 219p. alk. paper, $40.00 (ISBN 9780748640584). LCCN 2011-431345

Alex Murray and Jessica Whyte. The Agamben Dictionary. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011. 219p. alk. paper, $40.00 (ISBN 9780748640584). LCCN 2011-431345. Born in 1942, Giorgio Agamben is considered a leading figure in philosophy and political theory, one who is known for challenging the Western political tradition. After completing his studies in law and philosophy, and earning his d...