Homo Sacer : Sovereign Power and Bare Life

Introduction 1(14) PART ONE: THE LOGIC OF SOVEREIGNTY 15(56) 1 The Paradox of Sovereignty 15(15) 2 `Nomos Basileus' 30(9) 3 Potentiality and Law 39(10) 4 Form of Law 49(14) Threshold 63(8) PART TWO: HOMO SACER 71(48) 1 Homo Sacer 71(4) 2 The Ambivalence of the Sacred 75(6) 3 Sacred Life 81(6) 4 `Vitae Necisque Potestas' 87(4) 5 Sovereign Body and Sacred Body 91(13) 6 The Ban and the Wolf 104(8) Threshold 112(7) PART THREE: THE CAMP AS BIOPOLITICAL PARADIGM OF THE MODERN 119(70) 1 The Politicization of Life 119(7) 2 Biopolitics and the Rights of Man 126(10) 3 Life That Does Not Deserve to Live 136(8) 4 `Politics, or Giving Form to the Life of a People' 144(10) 5 VP 144(10) 6 Politicizing Death 160(6) 7 The Camp as the `Nomos' of the Modern 166(15) Threshold 181(8) Bibliography 189(8) Index of Names 197