Question
A book titled for this state by Giorgio Agamben argues that it is created by auctoritas, or the socially derived power of the person who is sovereign, rather than potestas, or the power of the sovereign office. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this state. The Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt defined the sovereign as the one with the power to impose this state in which existing laws are suspended, often due to an emergency.
ANSWER: state of exception [or Ausnahmezustand]
[10e] Agamben argued that the state of exception reduces people to the “bare” form of this concept. Michel Foucault argued that modern states regulate this concept via a form of “power” named for its Greek translation.
ANSWER: life [or zoe; or bios; accept biopower or biopolitics]
[10h] This 2009 book argues that Schmitt’s “friend-enemy” distinction has collapsed due to the triumph of liberalism. This book calls for liberalism, communism, and fascism to be superseded by an ideology that ties national identity to Dasein.
ANSWER: The Fourth Political Theory [or Chetvertaia politicheskaia teoriia] (by Aleksandr Dugin)
<FW, Philosophy (19th/20th Century)>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fable of the Miis | Knox et al | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| The Chard Problem of Consciousness | 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Water Buffalo | Goldman & Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yesodei HaTorah 2:7 | Three Cantabrigians | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 75% | 75% | 25% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 83% | 17% |