Sacred violence : torture, terror, and sovereignty / Paul W. Kahn.
2008
341.6 K12s 2008
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Title
Sacred violence : torture, terror, and sovereignty / Paul W. Kahn.
Author
ISBN
9780472070473 (cloth : alk. paper)
0472070479 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472050475 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472050478 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472070479 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472050475 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472050478 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
Language
English
Description
233 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
341.6 K12s 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)213407427
(OCoLC)213407427
(OCoLC)213407427
Summary
"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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-205) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Torture and sovereignty
Torture and international law
The current debate : torture in the War on Terror
A primer on political violence
Crossing the border between law and sovereignty.
Torture and international law
The current debate : torture in the War on Terror
A primer on political violence
Crossing the border between law and sovereignty.
Series
Law, meaning, and violence.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Kahn, Paul W., 1952- Sacred violence. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008
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