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Sovereignty and its discontents : on the primacy of conflict and the structure of the political / William Rasch.

Title
  1. Sovereignty and its discontents : on the primacy of conflict and the structure of the political / William Rasch.
Published by
  1. London : Birkbeck Law ; Portland, Or. : Cavendish Pub., 2004.
Author
  1. Rasch, William, 1949-

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Description
  1. 158 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. 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'.
Subject
  1. Opposition (Political science)
  2. Politiek geweld
  3. Politieke conflicten
  4. Social conflict
  5. Soevereiniteit
  6. Sovereignty
  7. Theorieën
Contents
  1. Introduction : the primary of the political -- 1. Conflict as a vocation : Schmitt, Lyotard, Luhmann -- 2. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-156) and index.
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