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| Title | : | Sacred Violence: Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty (Law, Meaning, and Violence) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (519 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0472050478 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-02 |
| Language | : | English |
A deep and penetrating look at violence and sovereignty This book is a philosophical look at violence and sovereignty, and the relationship that violence plays in limiting and expanding sovereignty. This book is certainly not for the casual reader. The author's assertions are profound and cogent, but they require a lot from the reader. A good base in philosophy is a must.An argument put forth by the author I found very interesting is his assertion that torture is much more about expanding power and eliminating threats to the sovereign not by necessarily killing or breakin. "An Important Look at Torture in the Age of Terror" according to Tom Birkenstock. In his book, Sacred Violence: Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty, Paul W. Kahn probes the troubling relationship we have with torture in the era of terrorism. Sacred Violence does an impressive job of simultaneously teasing out the complicated implications present in the debate on torture while providing a lucid and engaging history of how the Western world has come to a point where torture is once again at the forefront of an ethical debate. Kahn deftly takes us from the era medieval spectacles of torture to the 21st . "A distinctive role for modern torture in a secular world" according to empeters. Rather more post-modern anthropology than I care for. Much in the line of Rene Girard. Very intelligently written and stimulating
"An extended meditation on the contemporary debate about torture and terrorism that forces the reader to grapple with troubling issues that we would prefer to ignore." - Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law School"
Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities at Yale Law School and director of the Orville H. His books include "Putting Liberalism in Its Place" (Princeton), "Law and Love," "The Cultural Study of Law," "The Reign of Law," and "Legitimacy and History." . Paul W. Kahn is the Robert W. Schell, Jr., Center for International Human Rights at Yale
This book investigates the reasons for the resort to violence.. The terrorist attacks of 9/11, followed by the expose of torture in US detainment camps, dampened hopes for a peaceful world in the 21st century and challenged the belief that humanity was on a course of progress toward rational deliberation, the rule of law, and human rights
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