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Sovereignty and its other : toward the dejustification of violence /
In this text, the author asks how it is possible to think of a politics that is not commensurate with sovereignty. For such a politics, he argues, sovereignty is defined not in terms of the exception but as the different ways in which violence is justified. The author shows how it is possible to dec...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
[2013]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Commonalities.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In this text, the author asks how it is possible to think of a politics that is not commensurate with sovereignty. For such a politics, he argues, sovereignty is defined not in terms of the exception but as the different ways in which violence is justified. The author shows how it is possible to deconstruct the various justifications of violence. Such dejustifications can take place only by presupposing an other to sovereignty, which the author identifies with radical democracy. In doing so, this book puts forward both a novel critique of sovereignty and an original philosophical theory of democratic practice. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 269 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-264) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780823252220 0823252221 9781299559356 1299559352 9780823251377 0823251373 9780823252893 0823252892 |