About this title: 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: ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780226009254ISBN:0226009254
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. like new. clean text, tight binding, minor shelf wear to covers/corners, nice reading copy, help support independent booksellers! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 104 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780226009254ISBN:0226009254
Description: New. 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 militar... read more
Description: New. 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 ... read more
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