Foucault in Guantánamo: Towards an archaeology of the exception

Security Dialogue

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-46

  Neal, Andrew W ^a,b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agamben; Exception; Foucault; Schmitt; Securitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645664585     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010606064135     Document Type: Article

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