The article explores modern sovereignty through the lens of Carl Schmitt, proposing that sovereign power exceeds its immediate manifestations, resembling a 'ghost formation'. It argues that while physical violence, such as police actions or military force, is visible, the true essence of sovereignty lies in its invisible yet pervasive presence. This concept is further elaborated by referencing Deleuze and Foucault, noting how the violence associated with sovereignty often involves the strategic management of narratives surrounding death, revealing deeper control mechanisms within biopolitical and necropolitical frameworks.
Understood this way, we can see how the violence of disappearance is the greatest and truest expression of sovereignty and its will to power.
Sovereign 'ghosts' thus produce their own hauntings, which are created through the production of armies of the unfound.
The violence of disappearance is the greatest and truest expression of sovereignty and its will to power.
The biopolitical was key to understanding the logics of genocide, as the very justification for massacre is often tied to the security and survival of perpetrators.
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