Abstract

GARCIA, Jorge  and  TRIPOLONE, Gerardo. The Nomos of the Desert. Patagonia's Space and the Foundation of the National Law. Estud. Socio-Juríd [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.1, pp.125-155. ISSN 0124-0579.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/sociojuridicos/a.4249.

Abstract The so-call "Conquista del Desierto" ("Conquest of the Desert") is one of the most important and controversial points in the history of Argentina. Debates on the subject are abundant in literature, as well as a large number of juridical studies on the legal justification of the conquest of Patagonia by the argentine Nation-State. However, an analysis with a legal and political philosophy perspective on the conquest of the desert is still missing. According to our hypothesis, an analysis under the thoughts of Giorgio Agamben and Carl Schmitt permits a better comprehension of the phenomenon. The "Conquest of the Desert" can be seen as a paradigm of the land taking, partition and exploitation described by Schmitt as a foundation of law. At the same time, the works of Agamben allow the approach the position of the indigenous people in the process of discipline and forcible incorporation to the space of normality in the brand-new argentine Nation-State.

Keywords : Carl Schmitt; Giorgio Agamben; Conquest of the Desert; Nomos.

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