{"product_id":"state-of-exception-giorgio-agamben-9780226009247","title":"State of Exception","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The sequel to Agamben's \u003ci\u003eHomo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, State of Exception\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to theorize the state of exception in historical and philosophical context. In Agamben's view, the majority of legal scholars and policymakers in Europe as well as the United States have wrongly rejected the necessity of such a theory, claiming instead that the state of exception is a pragmatic question. Agamben argues here that the state of exception, which was meant to be a provisional measure, became in the course of the twentieth century a normal paradigm of government. Writing nothing less than the history of the state of exception in its various national contexts throughout Western Europe and the United States, Agamben uses the work of Carl Schmitt as a foil for his reflections as well as that of Derrida, Benjamin, and Arendt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this highly topical book, Agamben ultimately arrives at original ideas about the future of democracy and casts a new light on the hidden relationship that ties law to violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giorgio Agamben\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226009246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226009247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.88w x 0.58d","brand":"Giorgio Agamben","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44173067583743,"sku":"9780226009247","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54369c44-0f9b-401b-b521-a9b44e45d3fe.jpg?v=1689790851","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/state-of-exception-giorgio-agamben-9780226009247","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}