The Barren sacrifice : an essay on political violence /
According to political theory, the primary function of the modern state is to protect its citizens--both from each other and from external enemies. Yet it is the states that essentially commit major forms of violence, such as genocides, ethnic cleansings, and large-scale massacres, against their own...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés Francés |
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East Lansing, MI :
Michigan State University Press,
[2015]
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Collection: | Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Introduction
- 1. Solidarity and enmity
- 2. The state, violence, and groups
- 3. Territory and war
- 4. The traitor and reason
- 5. Indifference and charity
- 6. Social justice and territory
- Epilogue.