Exceptionalism and the politics of counter-terrorism: liberty, security, and the War on Terror/
Andrew W. Neal.
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.
- x, 184 p. ; 24 cm.
- Routledge studies in liberty and security; .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-178) and index.
The liberty/security discourse and the problem of the exception -- Freedom and liberty in classic political theory : Hobbes and Kant -- Carl Schmitt and the politics of the exception -- Giorgio Agamben's exception : 'the great historico-transcendental destiny of the Occident' -- Securitization theory : practices of sovereign naming -- Foucault in Guantanamo : towards an archaeology of the exception -- The rise and fall of Schmitt at the hands of Foucault and others.
9780415456753 (hardcover) 0415456754 (hardcover)
Liberty. National security. Terrorism--Prevention. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.