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State of exception / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Kevin Attell.
LIBRA JF256 .A3413 2005
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- Author/Creator:
- Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-
- Standardized Title:
- Stato die eccezione. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- War and emergency powers.
- State of siege.
- War and emergency powers--Europe--History.
- War and emergency powers--United States--History.
- History.
- United States.
- State of siege--Europe--History.
- State of siege--United States--History.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 95 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- Distinguished Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben examines the unusual extensions of executive power seized during states of emergency, a historically underexamined and powerful strategy that has the potential to transform democracies into totalitarian states.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [89]-91) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226009246
- 0226009254
- OCLC:
- 55738500
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