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