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City of Exception: The Dutch Revanchist City and the Urban Homo Sacer

2011; Wiley; Volume: 43; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00831.x

1467-8330

Willem Schinkel, Marguerite van den Berg,

Political Theology and Sovereignty

AntipodeVolume 43, Issue 5 p. 1911-1938 City of Exception: The Dutch Revanchist City and the Urban Homo Sacer Willem Schinkel, Willem Schinkel Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;[email protected]Search for more papers by this authorMarguerite van den Berg, Marguerite van den Berg University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;[email protected]Search for more papers by this author Willem Schinkel, Willem Schinkel Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;[email protected]Search for more papers by this authorMarguerite van den Berg, Marguerite van den Berg University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;[email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 02 February 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00831.xCitations: 43Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract Abstract: Agamben's figure of the homo sacer is much discussed and applied in various social sciences. This article discusses the limits of Agamben's perspective and illustrates the value of an amended version by a discussion of urban policy practices in the Netherlands that operate on the basis of a distinct logic of exception and create urban homines sacri. A discussion of the case of the policy practice of the Rotterdam “Intervention Teams” provides an account of how the city becomes a city of exception, and the development of such policies and of the discourses that legitimate them. We illustrate the ways in which the selection of urban zones of exception is heavily dependent both on ethnicity and on income. References Agamben G (1993) The Coming Community. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press Agamben G (1996) Beyond human rights. In P Virno and M Hardt (eds) Radical Thought in Italy. 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