The Sacred and Modernity in Urban Spain pp 99-118 | Cite as
Living Off the Exception: Biopolitical Modernity and Sacratio in Francoist Spain
Abstract
Through an analysis of Francoist ideology and the novel Tiempo de silencio by Luis Martín-Santos, William Viestenz investigates how modern subjectivity evolves through the synchronic existence of a biopower that orders bodies within space and a concept of the sacred that deems certain forms of life unusable and unredeemable to the affairs of the State. With particular reference to the development of Madrid, the chapter argues that the juridical use of the sacred as a tool for exclusion was integral to both the spatial and symbolic ordering of the urban metropolis during Francoism. Efforts to modulate the shape of urban space relied on biopolitical modernity’s registration of bodies coupled with the sovereign ability to maintain zones of exception.
Keywords
Body Politic Sovereign Power Bare Life Paternal Authority Sovereign DecisionWorks Cited
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