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“Sovereign is he who decides the exception.”

— Carl Schmitt (Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty, 1922)

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Is the "State of Exception" the New Normal? Giorgio Agamben

This video from Philosopheasy explores Giorgio Agamben's philosophy on the "state of exception," where emergency powers become a norm, allowing governments to suspend laws and exert control, as seen in situations like the war on terror and the COVID-19 pandemic.