Sovereignty and Its Discontents: On the Primacy of Conflict and the Structure of the Political

ISBN-13: 9781138147836 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 166 str.

William Rasch

Opis

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'.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

William Rasch Professor of Germanic Studies, Indiana University