Law's Sacrifice

Approaching the Problem of Sacrifice in Law, Literature, and Philosophy
Herausgegeben:Nail, Brian; Ellsworth, Jeffrey

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines the relationship between law and sacrifice as a crucial nexus for theorizing the dynamics of creation, destruction, transcendence, and violence within the philosophical and legal discourse of western society.

At a time of populist political unrest, what philosophical and theoretical resources are available for conceptualizing the discontent that seems to emanate from practically every sphere of society? What narrative strategies have been employed within literary, theological, philosophical, and legal discourse to tame or mystify human violence? Engaging with the work of preeminent theorists of sacrifice, such as Georges Bataille, René Girard, Giorgio Agamben, and Jacques Derrida this collection examines from an interdisciplinary perspective the sacrificial logic that characterizes the cultural and political dynamics of law in society.

The book will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of legal theory and philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9780367785154
• ISBN-10: 0367785153
• Artikelnr.: 61212376

Autorenporträt

Brian W. Nail, Professor of English, Florida State College at Jacksonville Jeffrey A. Ellsworth, Assistant Professor of Law and Society, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents



Contributing Authors

1. Introduction: Approaching the Problem of Sacrifice in Law, Literature, and Philosophy




Brian W. Nail




2. Sacrifice and the Origin of Law




Wolfgang Palaver




3. Towards a Sacrificial Aneconomy? Georges Bataille and the Aporia of Sacrifice




Marie Chabbert




4. (Misguided) Self-transcendence and the Imagination of Sacrifice




Arthur Cools




5. A We Not Modeled on the I, the Law of Law, and Futurity




A. Samuel Kimball


6. Homo Sacrificus: Sacrificial Economization and Neoliberal Subjectivity




Brian W. Nail




7. Law, Authority, and the Sovereign Exception: The (Im)possibility of Political Agency




Richard Hajarizadeh




8. The Gift of Time and the Hour of Sacrifice: A Philosophical-Anthropological Analysis of the Deep Difference Between Political Liberal and Populist Politics




Johan Van der Walt




9. Sacrificial Liberalism: The Politics of Zeal and its Selective Denial in Rawls's Political Liberalism




Richard Mailey




10. The Sacrifice of Law's Madness

Jeffrey A. Ellsworth