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torture, terror, and sovereignty

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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, 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.

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University of Michigan Press
Language
English
Pages
233

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Subjects
Law and legislation, Political violence, Sovereignty.., Torture, War on Terrorism, 2001-, Sovereignty, Terrorism, Prevention, War on terrorism, 2001-2009

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Ann Arbor
Series
Law, meaning, and violence

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Dewey Decimal Class
341.6
Library of Congress
K5304 .K34 2008, KZ7170 .K34 2008, K , K5304.K34 2008

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p. cm.
Number of pages
233

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OL16681053M
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0472070479, 0472050478
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9780472070473, 9780472050475
LCCN
2008011488
OCLC/WorldCat
213407427
Library Thing
6727038
Goodreads
3618876

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