State of Exception

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State of Exception is a philosophical and political theory book by Giorgio Agamben that examines how modern states use emergency powers to suspend the rule of law and normalize exceptional measures.

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State of Exception canonical 4
Stato di eccezione 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
political theory book ⓘ
aimsToCritique expansion of executive power ⓘ
modern liberal democracies ⓘ
author Giorgio Agamben ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
discusses Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution ⓘ
Roman dictatorship ⓘ
USA Patriot Act ⓘ
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act

Weimar Republic emergency decrees ⓘ
EnglishEditionPublicationDate 2005 ⓘ
exploresConcept normalization of emergency measures ⓘ
relationship between law and violence ⓘ
suspension of the rule of law ⓘ
genre critical theory ⓘ
legal philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasKeyConcept force-of-law without law ⓘ
legal civil war ⓘ
paradigm of government ⓘ
zone of indistinction between law and politics ⓘ
hasPageCount 104 ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalTradition continental philosophy ⓘ
political theology ⓘ
influencedBy Carl Schmitt ⓘ
Michel Foucault ⓘ
Walter Benjamin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
mainSubject biopolitics ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
emergency powers ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ
state of exception ⓘ
originalLanguage Italian ⓘ
originalTitle Stato di eccezione ⓘ
linked to: State of Exception
partOf Homo Sacer project ⓘ
linked to: homo sacer
publicationDate 2003 ⓘ
publisher Bollati Boringhieri ⓘ
University of Chicago Press ⓘ
relatedWork Homo Sacer II, 1: The Kingdom and the Glory ⓘ
Homo Sacer II, 2: The Sacrament of Language ⓘ
Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life ⓘ
title State of Exception ⓘ
translatedBy Kevin Attell ⓘ

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Giorgio Agamben → notableWork → State of Exception ⓘ
State of Exception → title → State of Exception ⓘ
State of Exception → originalTitle → Stato di eccezione ⓘ
linked to: State of Exception
The Kingdom and the Glory → follows → State of Exception ⓘ
Profanations → relatedWork → State of Exception ⓘ