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HOMO SACER DWELLS IN SARAMAGO'S LAND OF EXCEPTION
- Author(s):
- Hania Nashef (see profile)
- Date:
- 2017
- Group(s):
- CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century, Critical Studies in World Literature, GS Prose Fiction, Iberian Studies, TM Literary and Cultural Theory
- Subject(s):
- Twentieth century, Critical theory, Portuguese literature
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Giorgio Agamben, homo sacer, jose saramago, The Cave, Blindness, 20th century
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6124N
- Abstract:
- Giorgio Agamben defines the sacred man or Homo Sacer as one who is not worthy of sacrifice. Having lost all rights, the person is reduced to the non-human. In modern times, banishment or banning by the law occurs when a state of exception is sanctioned by a totalitarian supremacy that suspends judicial power. The state of exception does not lie within or outside the boundaries of the judicial order, but in a zone of indifference. The state of exception in which the norm is annulled represents the inclusion, which in turn captures the space in which law becomes suspended. Here, I discuss how the authorities in José Saramago's Blindness and The Cave function within the law of exception, confining and defining space, and ultimately marking the Homo Sacer. Keywords: Homo Sacer, Blindness, The Cave, José Saramago, Giorgio Agamben
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- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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