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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instanceOf book
political theory book
aimsToCritique expansion of executive power
modern liberal democracies
author Giorgio Agamben NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Italy
discusses Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution NERFINISHED
Roman dictatorship
USA Patriot Act NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
political theology
influencedBy Carl Schmitt NERFINISHED
Michel Foucault NERFINISHED
Walter Benjamin NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
Italian
mainSubject biopolitics
constitutional law
emergency powers
rule of law
sovereignty
state of exception
originalLanguage Italian
originalTitle Stato di eccezione NERFINISHED
partOf Homo Sacer project NERFINISHED
publicationDate 2003
publisher Bollati Boringhieri NERFINISHED
University of Chicago Press NERFINISHED
relatedWork Homo Sacer II, 1: The Kingdom and the Glory NERFINISHED
Homo Sacer II, 2: The Sacrament of Language NERFINISHED
Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life NERFINISHED
title State of Exception NERFINISHED
translatedBy Kevin Attell NERFINISHED

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Giorgio Agamben notableWork State of Exception