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‘State of exception’ or ‘state in exile’? The fallacy of appropriating Agamben on Palestinian refugee camps

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To refer to Palestinian refugee camps as states of exception, appropriating the paradigm of Giorgio Agamben, is definitely tempting. Agamben argues that in times of crisis, individual rights of citizens are diminished and entire categories of people kept outside the political system. Nevertheless, there are flaws in applying Agamben’s perspective on Palestinian camps. It acquits the camp residents from the autonomy over their own political agency. Historically, in Lebanon, camp residents experienced an almost limitless access to free political organisation. But this access has not been converted into the development of representative, legitimate political structures.

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  • Dag Tuastad, 2017. "‘State of exception’ or ‘state in exile’? The fallacy of appropriating Agamben on Palestinian refugee camps," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(9), pages 2159-2170, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:38:y:2017:i:9:p:2159-2170
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1256765
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