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The Culture of Exception - Sociology Facing the Camp (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Culture of Exception - Sociology Facing the Camp (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: International Library of Sociology
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We live in an ever-fragmenting society, in which distinctions
between culture and nature, biology and politics, law and
transgression, mobility and immobility, reality and representation,
seem to be disappearing. This book demonstrates the hidden logic
beneath this process, which is also the logic of 'the camp'. Social
theory has traditionally interpreted the camp as an anomaly, as an
exceptional site situated on the margins of society, aiming to
neutralize its 'failed citizens' and 'enemies'. However, in
contemporary society, 'the camp' has now become the rule and
consequently a new interrogation of its logic is necessary.
In this exceptional volume, the authors explore the paradox of the
camp, as representing both an old fear of enclosure and a new dream
of belonging. They illustrate their arguments by drawing on
contemporary sites of exemption - such as refugee camps, rape camps
and favelas - as well as sites of self-exemption including gated
communities, party tourism and celebrity cultures.
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