Alternatives: Global, Local, Political articles from August 2004

Alternatives: Global, Local, Political archives from August 2004

Cutting off the King's head: Foucault's Society Must Be Defended and the problem of sovereignty.
August 1, 2004... What we need, however, is a political philosophy that isn't erected around the problem of sovereignty.... We need to cut off the King's head: in political theory that has still to be done. Michel Foucault, "Truth and Power"...

Maintaining security within borders: toward a permanent state of emergency in the EU?
August 1, 2004... Freedom, wherever it existed as a tangible reality, has always been spatially limited. This is especially clear for the greatest and most elementary of all negative liberties, the freedom of movement; the borders of national...

Democracy against security: the debates about counterterrorism in the European parliament, September 2001-June 2003.
August 1, 2004... The counterterrorism policies elaborated in the countries of the European Union (EU) in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, have been characterized by a desire to strengthen the networks of international cooperation among law-enforcement...

European political identity and democratic solidarity after 9/11: the Spanish case.
August 1, 2004... The attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, have given new urgency to calls for political cooperation. With the fight against terrorism having been elevated to the highest priority and "terrorism" presented as a threat for all...

From territorial space to networks: a Foucaldian approach to the implementation of biometry.
August 1, 2004... La grande hantise qui a obsede le XIX siecle a ete, on le sait, l'histoire.... L'epoque actuelle serait peut-etre plutot l'epoque de l'espace. Nous sommes a l'epoque du simultane, nous sommes a l'epoque de la juxtaposition,...