Understanding Libya's ‘Revolution’ through Transformation of the Jamahiriyya into a State of Exception
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12980530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matteo Capasso (0000-0001-8064-3708, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 115-128 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-07 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle East Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19436149.2013.783533 |
| OpenAlex | W1964558967 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article aims to provide a historical and structural context to the outbreak of the Libyan Revolution, which began in February 2011. It does so through an analysis of the polity Mu'ammar Qadhdhafi termed a Jamahiriyya. By identifying a crucial transformation within the long development of the Jamahiriyya through what Giorgio Agamben defines the state of exception, the article demonstrates how the official discourse entered in sharp contradiction with the very principles around which the regime had framed its moral purpose since the coup d'état in 1969. This metamorphosis resulted both in the slow, yet constant, erosion of the legitimacy of the regime and in the emergence of different forms of resistance. It is in such conditions, where emerging offstage resistances, what James Scott has called hidden transcripts of power, and counter-discourses began to come out, that the paper tries to assess the significance of the popular revolt and NATO's subsequent international intervention for the future of the country
Context (archaeology · Contradiction · Epistemology · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Power (physics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · State (computer science · State of exception · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty
| Citations per year | 0.58 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |