Sacred Violence: Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty by Paul W. Kahn

Law, Meaning, and Violence

Sacred Violence: Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty

Paul W. Kahn

233 pages hardcover

3 editions

nonfiction politics sociology challenging informative medium-paced
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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 acco...

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