Safe Shore / State of Emergency
In these situations, the state's suspension of democratic law is justified as a necessary means of protecting democracy and keeping its citizens safe. This context enables the authorities to pass 'special' or 'temporary' laws that create a no-man's-land between the political and the legal. These so-called states of emergency often contain hidden traces of more radical aspirations for policing the relationship between civil life and the law. They are built upon the desire to suspend existing laws in order to enable the government to control people鈥檚 lives more effectively. Generating states of emergency is a way of creating an atmosphere of normalcy by validating a sense of control.
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In these situations, the state's suspension of democratic law is justified as a necessary means of protecting democracy and keeping its citizens safe. This context enables the authorities to pass 'special' or 'temporary' laws that create a no-man's-land between the political and the legal. These so-called states of emergency often contain hidden traces of more radical aspirations for policing the relationship between civil life and the law. They are built upon the desire to suspend existing laws in order to enable the government to control people鈥檚 lives more effectively. Generating states of emergency is a way of creating an atmosphere of normalcy by validating a sense of control.
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