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Sacred Violence

- Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty

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Investigates the reasons for the resort to violence characteristic of premodern states. This work contends that law can 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.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780472070473
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 224
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. august 2008
  • Størrelse:
  • 229x152x23 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 456 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..
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Investigates the reasons for the resort to violence characteristic of premodern states. This work contends that law can 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.

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