Christopher Kul-Want and Piero: Continental Philosophy: A Graphic Guide

Claiming that there are no longer social classes, only a single planetary petty bourgeousie in which all the old classes are dissolved, Agamben is dismayed at the level of nihilism to which this class has sunk, particularly in its refusal of any recognisable social identity or authentic discourse by which it might claim power.

"That which constituted the truth and falsity of the peoples and generations that have followed one anothe ron the earth - differences of language, of dialect, of character, of custom, and even the physical particularities of each person - has lost any meaning for the petty bourgeoisie and any capacity for expression and communication." - Agambon