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Title State of exception : cultural responses to the rhetoric of fear / edited by Elena Bellina, Paola Bonfazio
Published Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 125 pages)
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 ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Political culture -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
War and emergency powers -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
State of siege -- Italy -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
Fear -- Political aspects -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
Arts, Italian -- 20th century -- Congresses
Arts, Italian -- Political aspects -- Congresses
Political science & theory.
Cultural studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Arts, Italian
Arts, Italian -- Political aspects
Fear -- Political aspects
Political culture
War and emergency powers
Ausnahmezustand
Furcht
Literatur
Film
Italy
Italien
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
History
Form Electronic book
Author Bellina, Elena
Bonfazio, Paola
ISBN 1847180213
9781847180216
9781443807470
1443807478