THE STATE OF EXCEPTION AND THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE OF SOVEREIGNTY IN GIORGIO AGAMBEN

Based on the categorical connection between the field and the state of exception, I propose to discuss on this article Giorgio Agamben’s conception of the state of exception in its paradoxical relationship with the law, a relationship which is proper to the paradoxical structure of sovereignty. The...

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Author: Azevedo, Estenio Ericson Botelho
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2014
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repository:Revista philósophos
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/28253
Online Access:https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/28253
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Field. Sovereignty. State of Exception. Power-of-Law
Campo. Soberania
Estado de Exceção
Força-de-lei.
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Summary:Based on the categorical connection between the field and the state of exception, I propose to discuss on this article Giorgio Agamben’s conception of the state of exception in its paradoxical relationship with the law, a relationship which is proper to the paradoxical structure of sovereignty. The field is to the Italian thinker the experience which is able to clarify the paradoxical dimension of the state of exception because it expresses itself at the same time as inside and outside the legal system. On the contemporary experience the state of exception is no longer characterized as an exceptional experience, but it has become the norm. Based on this, we want to present the dialog between Agamben and Carl Schmitt, in order to reflect on the condition of the state of exception to present itself as anomy, whilst continuing to establish with the law a necessary relationship, even in the form of suspension.