After Coronavirus: “Nuda Vita” and the “Extraordinary Power” of the Modern State

... the state acting as a “night watchman" are affected more by the transformation towards an authority that is "in principle unlimited." Hence the need for a high level of trust: when the laws that make the interaction between state and society "normal" no longer work, trust remains the only mechanism that informs the legitimacy of the actions taken by the authorities in an emergency situation. Extraordinary power creates a new “normality,” and its normalizing force (according to Michel Foucault) increases many ...