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Sacred Violence - Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty (Paperback)
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Sacred Violence - Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty (Paperback)
Series: Law, Meaning & Violence
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The terrorist attacks of 9/11, closely followed by the expose of
torture in U.S. detainment camps, dampened hopes for a more
peaceful world in the twenty-first century and challenged the
belief that humanity was on a course of progress toward rational
deliberation, the rule of law, and human rights.In ""Sacred
Violence"", the distinguished political and legal theorist Paul W.
Kahn investigates the reasons for the resort to violence
characteristic of premodern states. In a startling argument, he
contends that law will never offer an adequate account of political
violence. Instead, we must turn to political theology, which
reveals that torture and terror are, essentially, forms of
sacrifice. Kahn forces us to acknowledge what we don't want to see:
that we remain deeply committed to a violent politics beyond law.
Kahn's provocative argument and conversational style will challenge
and engage theorists and lay readers alike.
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