Sacred violence
torture, terror, and sovereignty
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Author
Publication
2008 - University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Language
English
Word Count
58,250 words, Guess
Page Count
233 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivesacredviolenceto00kahn
- Internet Archivesacredviolenceto0000paul
- Internet Archivesacredviolenceto0000kahn
- ISBN-100472070479
- ISBN-100472050478
and 10 more
- ISBN-139780472070473
- ISBN-139780472050475
- LibraryThing6727038
- Goodreads3618876
- Library of Congress Control Number2008011488
- OCLC Control Number213407427
- Better World Books9780472050475
- Better World Books9780472070473
- Better World BooksP8-AUU-504
- Open LibraryOL16681053M
Classifications
- DDC341.6
- LCCK5304 .K34 2008
- LCCKZ7170 .K34 2008
and 2 more
- LCCK
- LCCK5304.K34 2008
Description
"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.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Law, meaning, and violence
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