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The Borders of Corruption: Living in the State of Exception

The Borders of Corruption: Living in the State of Exception

Rebecca R. Fiske
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781522571131|ISBN10: 1522571132|EISBN13: 9781522571148
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7113-1.ch103
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Fiske, Rebecca R. "The Borders of Corruption: Living in the State of Exception." Censorship, Surveillance, and Privacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 2072-2086. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7113-1.ch103

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Fiske, R. R. (2019). The Borders of Corruption: Living in the State of Exception. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Censorship, Surveillance, and Privacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 2072-2086). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7113-1.ch103

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Fiske, Rebecca R. "The Borders of Corruption: Living in the State of Exception." In Censorship, Surveillance, and Privacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 2072-2086. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7113-1.ch103

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Abstract

The U.S. has been in a state of exception now for many years, and there appears to be no end in sight. There exists an entire generation who has know life under only this form of government, one that, as Giorgio Agamben explains, takes “a position at the limit between politics and law…an ambiguous, uncertain, borderline fringe, at the intersection of the legal and the political.” In the name of security, the characteristic limiting of constitutional rights, the sanctioning of torture, and the proliferating of NSA surveillance are fast becoming the norm. Recently, much has been written concerning the bio-political consequences of an endless state of exception in which the executive power trumps the judiciary, and a new legal order emerges. This chapter will consider the relationship between corruption and the permanent state of exception.

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