Critique of Sovereignty

This book offers a broad reconstruction of the modern notion of sovereignty, a comprehensive critique of state-inflicted violence, and a concept of non-coercive law for our contemporary world society.

List of contents

Preface, Axel Honneth
Introduction
I. Traditional Theories of Sovereignty
II. Critical Theories of Sovereignty
III. Critical Theory Without Sovereignty
Abbreviations
Further Literature
Index

About the author

Daniel Loick is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Goethe-University in Frankfurt.

Summary

This book offers a broad reconstruction of the modern notion of sovereignty, a comprehensive critique of state-inflicted violence, and a concept of non-coercive law for our contemporary world society.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Loick
• Assisted by: Axel Honneth (Foreword), Amanda Demarco (Translation), DeMarco Amanda (Translation), Markus Hardtmann (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2018
• EAN: 9781786600387
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-038-7
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Reinventing Critical Theory; Reinventing Critical Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -