Sacred violence : torture, terror, and sovereignty /
"In Sacred Violence, Paul W. Kahn investigates the reasons for the resort to violence characteristic of premodern states. He contends that law will never offer an adequate account of political violence. Instead, we must turn to political theology, which reveals that torture and terror are, esse...
| Основен автор: | Kahn, Paul W., 1952- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
℗♭2008.
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| Серия: |
Law, meaning, and violence.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=309945 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Sacred violence. |
| Резюме: |
"In Sacred Violence, Paul W. Kahn investigates the reasons for the resort to violence characteristic of premodern states. He contends that law will never offer an adequate account of political violence. Instead, we must turn to political theology, which reveals that torture and terror are, essentially, forms of sacrifice. Kahn forces us to acknowledge what we don't want to see: that we remain deeply committed to a violent politics beyond law."--Jacket. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (233 pages). |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-205) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780472022946 0472022946 |