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State of Exception
Giorgio Agamben
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Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
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 philosopher Giorgio Agamben uses such circumstances to argue that this unusual extension of power, or "state of exception," has historically been an underexamined and powerful strategy that has the potential to transform democracies into totalitarian states.
The sequel to Agamben's Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, State of Exception is the first book to ... Read more
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 philosopher Giorgio Agamben uses such circumstances to argue that this unusual extension of power, or "state of exception," has historically been an underexamined and powerful strategy that has the potential to transform democracies into totalitarian states.
The sequel to Agamben's Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, State of Exception is the first book to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226009254
SKU
V9780226009254
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99-50
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