We prefer to situate Agamben's position, and that of Arendt, via Agnes Heller's discussion of Freedom vs. Life in Beyond Justice, where she identifies both as ultimate values in modernity, such that the conflict between them cannot ever be completely resolved. See the article here on medium: https://medium.com/@indarktimes/freedom-and-life-in-an-age-of-contagion-adb25e6d3276