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The Culture of Exception Sociology Facing the Camp (International Library of Sociology)

By Bulent Diken

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
0415351235, 9780415351232, 9780203023440
LCC
HM1131 .D55 2005
Open Library ID
OL3299032M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2448603 bytes)
Pages
224\225
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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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