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

... of a “state of exception” in recent times concerns migration in Europe, where EU countries fiercely tried to defend their sovereignty and the right to independently determine the parameters of “including” or “excluding” migrants from society. Nevertheless, despite the fact that these zones and “states of exception” still exist to some degree, even in liberal democracies, the scale of this phenomenon has been limited up until now, with governments attempting to "fit in" into what is considered the "norm." There is a tacit understanding in society ...