The bureaucrat is the modern figure of the philosopher-king. - Giorgio Agamben

"The bureaucrat is the modern figure of the philosopher-king."

Giorgio Agamben Leadership

Philosopher, Political Theorist Italian Born 1942 (age 84)

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