Beyond Agamben: Sovereignty, policing and ‘permissive space' in South Africa, and beyond
The work of Giorgio Agamben has been widely used by criminologists and others to explore policing and sovereignty across the globe. In this article, I explore Agamben's conceptual framework, focusing on the commonly deployed ideas of ‘state of exception' and ‘homo sacer'. I highlight...
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