6. The Ban and the Wolf

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part One. The Logic of Sovereignty
5. 1. The Paradox of Sovereignty 15
6. 2. 'Nomos Basileus' 30
7. 3. Potentiality and Law 39
8. 4. Form of Law 49
9. Threshold 63
10. Part Two. Homo Sacer
11. 1. Homo Sacer 71
12. 2. The Ambivalence of the Sacred 75
13. 3. Sacred Life 81
14. 4. 'Vitae Necisque Potestas' 87
15. 5. Sovereign Body and Sacred Body 91
16. 6. The Ban and the Wolf 104
17. Threshold 112
18. Part Three. The Camp as Biopolitical Paradigm of the Modern
19. 1. The Politicization of Life 119
20. 2. Biopolitics and the Right of Man 126
21. 3. Life That Does Not Deserve to Live 136
22. 4. 'Politics, or Giving Form to the Life of a People' 144
23. 5. VP 154
24. 6. Politicizing Death 160
25. 7. The Camp as the 'Nomos' of the Modern 166
26. Threshold 181
27. Bibliography 189
28. Index of Names 197