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Title State of exception : cultural responses to the rhetoric of fear / edited by Elena Bellina, Paola Bonfazio.

Publication Info. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006.
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 125 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents pt. 1. State of exception : theory and practice -- pt. 2. State of exception : from history to literature -- pt. 3. State of exception : fiction film and documentary.
Summary In a globalized world exposed to ever more dramatic dangers, the established legal order enters into crisis and the rhetoric of fear is deployed in order to legitimate states of exception. Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben has widely elaborated on the historical effects of the juridical concept of the state of exception, recalling the definition formulated by German legal theorist Carl Schmitt. The state of exception presents itself as an inherently elusive phenomenon, a juridical no-man's ...
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Subject Political culture -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
Political culture.
Italy.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject War and emergency powers -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
War and emergency powers.
State of siege -- Italy -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
State of siege.
Psychological aspects.
Fear -- Political aspects -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
Fear -- Political aspects.
Fear.
Arts, Italian -- 20th century -- Congresses.
Arts, Italian.
Arts, Italian -- Political aspects -- Congresses.
Arts, Italian -- Political aspects.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1900-2000
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Bellina, Elena.
Bonfazio, Paola.
Other Form: Print version: State of exception. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006 9781847180216 (DLC) 2007360467 (OCoLC)79869351
ISBN 1847180213
9781847180216
9781443807470 (electronic book)
1443807478 (electronic book)

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