LAWS 3005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Liberal Democracy, Nuremberg Laws, Totalitarianism

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Law
• Course: LAWS 3005
• Professor: Craig Mc Farlane

Document Summary

Agamben: nomos direct translation the path of a shepherd grazing. The (cid:271)order that (cid:271)u(cid:374)dles these t(cid:449)o (cid:448)alues (cid:271)(cid:455) the so(cid:448)ereig(cid:374) is the (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:373)os(cid:863) (cid:894)la(cid:449)s violence, order nature) Nomos is a particular form sovereign takes particular form of combining laws and violence. Atte(cid:373)pt to (cid:272)reate a relati(cid:448)e safe spa(cid:272)e for the flo(cid:272)k (cid:271)(cid:455) the pastoral to the relati(cid:448)el(cid:455) (cid:862)u(cid:374)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863) outside. Oikos house private, polis city public. The oikos is a place of domination and inequality, whereas the polis is imagined as a place of equality amongst peoples insofar as they are citizens. Oikos is the site of production (items and products) and reproduction (creating next generation and families) (home was where people made their products) Patria pro potastas: rightful power of the father to kill their children. Predisposition to enter society is conditional on the virtue of being exposed to the private violence. Violence was a prerequisite in society within ancient greece.