Author: Christian Jungersen
Publisher: Anchor
Keywords: exception
Number of Pages: 502
Published: 2008-07-08
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1400096650
ISBN-13: 9781400096657
An internationally bestselling thriller, The Exception dissects the nature of evil and the paranoia that drives ordinary people to commit unthinkable acts. Four women work together for a small nonprofit in Copenhagen that disseminates information on genocide. When two of them receive death threats, they immediately believe that they are being stalked by Mirko Zigic, the Serbian torturer and war criminal they recently profiled in their articles. Yet as tensions mount among the women, their suspicions turn away from Zigic and toward each other. The threats increase, and soon the office becomes a
Author: Olga Humphrey
Publisher: Dramatic Pub.
Keywords: exception
Published: 1997-12
List price: $5.50
ISBN-10: 0871297876
ISBN-13: 9780871297877
Author: Giorgio Agamben
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: exception, state
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 2005-01-15
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0226009254
ISBN-13: 9780226009254
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.The sequel to Agamben’s Homo Sacer: Sovereig
Author: Giorgio Agamben
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: exception, state
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 2004-01-15
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 0226009246
ISBN-13: 9780226009247
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.The sequel to Agamben’s Homo Sacer: Sovereig
Author: Aihwa Ong
Publisher: Duke University Pre
Keywords: sovereignty, citizenship, mutations, exception, neoliberalism
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2006-08-30
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0822337487
ISBN-13: 9780822337485
Neoliberalism is commonly viewed as an economic doctrine that seeks to limit the scope of government. Some consider it a form of predatory capitalism with adverse effects on the Global South. In this groundbreaking work, Aihwa Ong offers an alternative view of neoliberalism as an extraordinarily malleable technology of governing that is taken up in different ways by different regimes, be they authoritarian, democratic, or communist. Ong shows how East and Southeast Asian states are making exceptions to their usual practices of governing in order to position themselves to compete in the global
Authors:Emmanuel Godin, Tony Chafer,
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Keywords: exception, french
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-02-20
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 1571816844
ISBN-13: 9781571816849
The notion of French exceptionalism is deeply embedded in the nation’s self-image and in a range of political and academic discourses. Recently, the debate about whether France really is "exceptional" has acquired a critical edge. Against the background of introspection about the nature of "national identity," some proclaim "normalisation" and the end of French exceptionalism, while others point out to the continuing evidence that France remains distinctive at a number of levels, from popular culture to public policy. This book explores the notion of French exceptionalism, places it in i
Authors:Carey McWilliams, Lewis H. Lapham,
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: exception, california
Number of Pages: 391
Published: 1999-04-02
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0520218930
ISBN-13: 9780520218932
In 1949, lawyer, historian, and journalist Carey McWilliams stepped back to assess the state of California at the end of its first one hundred years--its history, population, politics, agriculture, and social concerns. As he examined the reasons for the prodigious growth and productivity that have characterized California since the Gold Rush, he praised the vitality of the new citizens who had come from all over the world to populate the state in a very short time. But he also made clear how brutally the new Californians dealt with "the Indian problem," the water problem, and the need
