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Spiral: Cinema and the Exception

The spiral is also an image of the eternal return: perhaps the image of the immanence of that thought. As…

The Persistence of the Spectacle

The society of the spectacle and the global state of exception is a society of abuse: one marked by the…

"Being Beside Itself": Conclusion to Broken: Thought-Images of Life in the State of Exception

This is the”Conclusion” [PDF Version] to my dissertation, Broken: Thought-Images of Life in the State of Exception (2005…

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Apocalypse
Introduction and Chapter One
Broken: Thought-Images of Life in the State of Exception

“Apocalypse” is the first chapter from my dissertation, Broken: Thought-Images of Life in the State of Exception (2005). Broken…

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Remnants of the World: Agamben and Messianic Affect

“Remnants of the World: Agamben and Messianic Affect” was published in the journal Crossings in 2003. It is my dissertation…