Bastard Politics: Sovereignty and Violence

Nick Mansfield

Published by SUNY Press 2021

Bastard Politics

Sovereignty and Violence

Nick Mansfield

In the series SUNY series in Contemporary French Thought

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438481661

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Argues that we need to reinvent sovereignty as a motive for democratic political action while remaining alert to its dangers, specifically its relationship to violence.

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Nick Mansfield is Honorary Professor of Critical and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University in Sydney. He is the author of several books, including The God Who Deconstructs Himself: Subjectivity and Sovereignty between Freud, Bataille and Derrida and Theorizing War: From Hobbes to Badiou.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Sovereignty The Law of Misrule Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Bataille and Sovereignty The Apotheosis of Violence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Divine Violence and Justice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Derrida on Sovereignty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Sovereignty and Hospitality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Bastard Politics Sovereignty and Violence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191

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Language: English
Publisher: SUNY Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 204
Illustrations
- Other: Total Illustrations: 0
Keywords: Sociology : Violence; Literature : Comparative Literature; Area Studies : French Studies; Politics and Law : Political Theory; Politics and Law : Political Philosophy

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Published: February 1, 2021
ISBN: 9781438481661