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

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

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158 p.; 24 cm.

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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-156) and index.

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committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

1859419844 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2005295195

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Harvard Library