KONSTRUKSI RUANG-RUANG EKSEPSI DAN POLITISASI SUBJEKSUBJEK HOMO SACER DALAM NOVEL THE BOYS FROM BILOXI KARYA JOHN GRISHAM
Hafiz Naufal Anshoor, Dr. Aprinus Salam, M. Hum.
2024 | Tesis | S2 Sastra
ABSTRACT
This study questions the strategies of the state and society in
constructing spaces of exception and politicization of homo sacer subjects in
the novel The Boys from Biloxi (TBfB) written by John Grisham. The novel
TBfB tells about the State of Mississippi, especially the city of Biloxi, which
criminalizes legality. The social order in the city of Biloxi is dominated by
groups and subjects of mafia and various forms of legalized illegal activities
such as gambling, drug sales, prostitution, corruption, and so on. Giorgio
Agamben as a postmarxism expert sees the paradox of supreme power through
the state of exception and the state of necessity in a country and the
politicization of homo sacer figures. The gap of this research is to dismantle
the sovereignty of the state and the role of Mississippi society in the
construction of spaces of exception and identify the strategies of Mississippi
society and state towards the politicization of homo sacer subjects. The
research method is carried out in several stages, which are data collection by
collecting data in accordance with the formulation of the problem and
categorizes the important data related to the formal object used. Then,
classifying the data based on the text in the novel that has relevance to the
supreme power, the state of exception, homo sacer, and the state of necessity,
and abandonment. Furthermore, the data analysis stage is where researchers
will connect one data with other data. The result of this research is that state
power has the capability to construct exception spaces through state of
exception and necessity through the criminalization of legality in various public
areas. The community also strategizes to utilize the exception spaces by bribing
law enforcement institutions, military, courtroom, apparatus, and constructing
a battle arena between the mafia and the government. The society take actions
to politicize by including and excluding homo sacer subjects according to
personal interests with other bios subjects. Homo sacer subjects politicize and
reduce themselves without any force. On the other hand, the State of Mississippi
has sovereign to politicize homo sacer subjects through abandonment
strategies and through an attorney general who uses the right vitae necisque
potestas.
Keywords: state of exception, sovereignty, criminalizes legality, homo sacer, The Boys from Biloxi
Kata Kunci : Kata kunci: keadaan eksepsi, kedaulatan, kriminalisasi legalitas, homo sacer, The Boys from Biloxi