In 'Stasis', a key part of his monumental Homo Sacer project, Giorgio Agamben investigates civil war as a fundamental political paradigm. Tracing the concept from ancient Greece, Agamben argues that 'stasis' is not an anomaly but the very threshold of politics, blurring the line between family (oikos) and city (polis). He reveals how civil war creates a state of exception where law is suspended, exposing the foundational violence at the heart of the Western political order and its relationship with 'bare life.' This work is essential for understanding sovereignty and biopolitics.