What is a destituent power?

被引:84
作者
Agamben, Giorgio [1 ]
机构
[1] CUNY, Grad Ctr, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, New York, NY 10016 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1068/d3201tra
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The following essay by Giorgio Agamben is based on a lecture given in central France in the summer of 2013. Responding directly to recent occupations and insurrections-from Cairo and Istanbul to London and New York City-Agamben builds upon his existing work in order to develop and clarify his understanding of the political and, in particular, the notion of destituent power (potenza destituente). In contrast to attempts to affirm a constituent power independent of a relation to constituted power, which for Agamben both reproduce the governmental structure of the exception and represent the apex of metaphysics, destituent power outlines a force that, in its very constitution, deactivates the governmental machine. For Agamben, it is in the sensible elaboration of the belonging together of life and form, being and action, beyond all relation, that the impasse of the present will be overcome. Ultimately, Agamben points not only towards what it means to become Ungovernable, but towards the potential of staying so.
引用
收藏
页码:65 / 74
页数:10
相关论文
共 4 条
[1]  
[Anonymous], 1971, PROBLEMS GEN LINGUIS
[2]  
Benjamin W, 1977, REFLECTIONS, V1, P277
[3]  
Meier C, 1979, HIST SEMANTIK BEGRIF, P193
[4]  
Meier C, 1990, GREEK DISCOVERY POLI, P157