Democracy's Empire

Sovereignty, Law, and Violence

AvStewart Motha

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

The essays in this volume take on the challenge of explaining the current formation of the relation between sovereignty, law and violence in what is termed ‘Democracy’s Empire’. Contains a situated discussion of the institution of democracy and relatedjuridico-political problems Examines the historical and philosophical legacies which inform Democracy’s Empire – such as the Roman Republic, the separation between Church and State in the enlightenment, formations of revolutionary violence, and the relation between norm and exception Poses the problem of violence and death at the heart of the institution of democracy including examples such as South Africa and Iraq Offers a mixture of historical and philosophical treatment of democracy as a juridical problem of constitutional violence

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-02-27
Mått:154 x 229 x 7 mm
Vikt:222 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Journal of Law and Society Special Issues
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781405163132

Utforska kategorier

Lag och samhälle inom Juridik
Statsskick: demokrati inom Samhälle och politik
Våld och övergrepp inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Stewart Motha is Lecturer in Law at the University of Kent.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Democracy's Empire: Sovereignty, Law and Violence (Stewart Motha). 2. Church, State, Resistance (Jean-Luc Nancy).3. Constitutional Violence (David Bates).4. Sovereignty, Exception, and Norm (Andrew Norris).5. Undoing Legal Violence: Walter Benjamin’s and Giorgio Agamben’s Aesthetics of Pure Means (Benjamin Morgan).6. The Normality of the Exception in Democracy’s Empire (Peter Fitzpatrick and Richard Joyce).7. Post-Apartheid Social Movements and the Quest for the Elusive 'New' South Africa (Tshepo Madlingozi).8. The Violence of Non-Violence: Law and War in Iraq (Samera Esmeir).9. Performing Power: The Deal, Corporate Rule, and the Constitution of Global Legal Order (Fleur Johns).10. Veiled Women and the Affect of Religion in Democracy (Stewart Motha)