Sacred violence : torture, terror, and sovereignty /

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"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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kahn, Paul W., 1952-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2008]
Collection:Law, meaning, and violence.
Sujets:
Torture.
Sovereignty.
Political violence.
Terrorism > Prevention > Law and legislation.
Souveraineté.
Violence politique.
sovereignty.
terrorism.
LAW > International.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Political violence
Sovereignty
Terrorism > Prevention > Law and legislation
Torture
Folter
Souveränität
Terrorismus
Bekämpfung
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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