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Sovereign Excess, Legitimacy and Resistance
When talking about his film Salo, Pasolini claimed that nothing is more anarchic than power, because power does whatever it wants, and what power wants is arbitrary. Upon examining the murderous capital of modern sovereignty, the fragility emerges of a power whose existence depends on its victims' recognition.
| Author(s) | By Francescomaria Tedesco (University of Camerino). |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 158 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 30 Sept 2020 |
| Availability | Available |
When talking about his film Salo, Pasolini claimed that nothing is more anarchic than power, because power does whatever it wants, and what power wants is arbitrary. Upon examining the murderous capital of modern sovereignty, the fragility emerges of a power whose existence depends on its victims' recognition.
Preface 1. "Tell the bastards nothing!". The ideology of the scaffold 2. Fault lines 3. That sovereign, a true Machiavellian 4. Machiavelli and Shakespeare 5. Sovereign excess. Death penalty and recognition 6. H
Francescomaria Tedesco is assistant professor at the University of Camerino (Italy), where he teaches Political Philosophy.
