William Rasch

Sovereignty and its Discontents

On the Primacy of Conflict and the Structure of the Political

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Arguing for the centrality of conflict in any notion of the political, this book puts forward the case for the logical and/or ontological primacy of violence over 'peace'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 158mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9781859419847
• ISBN-10: 1859419844
• Artikelnr.: 23197209

Autorenporträt

William Rasch Professor of Germanic Studies, Indiana University

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 - Politics as Conflict: Conflict as a Vocation: Schmitt, Lyotard,
Luhmann; A Just War? Or Just a War? Schmitt vs Habermas; So You Say You
Want a Revolution: Brecht vs Brecht.Part 2 - Sovereignty and Original Sin:
Guilt as Religion: Benjamin; From Sovereign Ban to Banning Sovereignty:
Agamben; Persistent Sovereignty: Hardt and Negri. Part 3 - Even Unto the
End of the World: 'For There is no Difference Between the Jew and the
Greek': The Legacy of St Paul; Human Rights as Geopolitics: From Vitoria to
Rawls.