State of Exception by Giorgio Agamben

State of Exception

Homo Sacer #II.1

Giorgio Agamben with Kevin Attell (Translator)

104 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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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 mili...

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