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Exceptionalism and the Politics of Counter-Terrorism Liberty, Security and the War on Terror
By Andrew W. Neal
Copyright 2010
196 Pages
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Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
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Routledge
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This book is an analysis and critique of the concepts of ‘exception’ and ‘exceptionalism’ in the context of the politics of liberty and security in the so-called ‘War on Terror’.
Since the destruction of the World Trade Centre on September 11 th 2001, a notable transformation has occurred in political discourse and practice. Politicians and commentators have frequently made the argument that... Read more
Introduction 1. The Liberty/Security Discourse and the Problem of the Exception 2. Freedom and Liberty in Classic Political Theory: Hobbes and Kant 3. Carl Schmitt and the Politics of the Exception 4. Giorgio Agamben’s Exception: ‘The Great Historico-Transcendental Destiny of the Occident’ 5. Securitization Theory: Practices of Sovereign Naming 6. Foucault in Guantanamo: Towards an Archaeology of the Exception 7. The Rise and Fall of Schmitt at the Hands of Foucault and Others
Biography
Andrew W. Neal is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh. His PhD won the British International Studies Association best thesis prize in 2006.
