State of exception / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Kevin Attell.
Two months after the attacks of 9/11, the Bush administration, in the midst of what it perceived to be a state of emergency, authorized the indefinite detention of noncitizens suspected of terrorist activities and their subsequent trials by a military commission. Here, distinguished Italian philosop...
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| Other title: | Stato di eccezione. English |
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University of Chicago Press,
2005.
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Table of Contents:
- The state of exception as a paradigm of government
- Force-of-law
- Iustitium
- Gigantomachy concerning a void
- Feast, mourning, anomie
- Auctoritas and potestas.