Divine Violence - Walter Benjamin and the Eschatology of Sovereignty

Informationen zum Autor James Martel is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at San Francisco State University. Klappentext 'Divine Violence' argues that the practice of sovereignty reflects a Christian eschatology that proves very hard to overcome - even by left thinkers such as Arendt and Derrida who are very critical of it. The author suggests that Walter Benjamin supplies the correct political theology to help these thinkers. Zusammenfassung Divine Violence maintains that the apparent unavoidability of sovereignty, to which many thinkers have succumbed, can be overcome with the assistance of Walter Benjamin. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE; Introduction: Sovereignty and temporality; The trap of sovereignty; Benjamin's dissipated eschatology; PART TWO; Waiting for Justice; Forgiveness and judgment; Sovereignty de-centered: The Hebrew Republic; Conclusion: Politics without mythology.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: James Martel, Martel James
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.10.2012
• EAN: 9780415815246
• ISBN: 978-0-415-81524-6
• Pages: 168
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Théories politiques et histoire des idées; PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LAW / Jurisprudence, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, LAW / Judicial Power, Systems of law, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Non-Western philosophy, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law