Conclusion

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the trajectory of the argument developed throughout the book and identifies what is insightful and innovative about the bio-juridical model; namely, that it challenges the binary ‘logic of versus’ underpinning the juridical and biopolitical models to instead propose a logic of contamination wherein apparently opposing concepts and ends meld into one another. In this respect, sovereign violence is no longer tied to a singular end, pre-defined purpose, and/or means-end logic, but is rather caught between multiple ends, none of which are clear-cut or predetermined.