Sovereignty and its discontents : on the primacy of conflict and the structure of the political

Rasch, William 1949- (Author).

Summary: In contrast to many attempts to rethink the political in the wake of the collapse of traditional leftist projects, this text argues of the centrality of conflict in any notion of the political, as well as for the logical and/or ontological primacy of violence over "peace."

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ISBN: 9781859419847
ISBN: 1859419844
ISBN: 1135327068
ISBN: 9781135327064
ISBN: 9781843145998
ISBN: 1843145995
Physical Description: 1 online resource (158 pages)
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Publisher: London : Birkbeck Law ; Portland, Or. : Cavendish Pub., 2004.

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General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:october.17
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction the primacy of the political; 1 Conflict as a vocation Schmitt Lyotard Luhmann; 2 A just war Or just a war Schmitt vs Habermas; 3 So you say you want a revolution Brecht vs Brecht; 4 Guilt as religion Benjamin; 5 From sovereign ban to banning sovereignty Agamben; 6 Persistent sovereignty Hardt and Negri; 7 'For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek': the legacy of St Paul; 8 Human rights as geopolitics from Vitoria to Rawls; Bibliography; Index.
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Source of Description Note:	Print version record.