Sovereignty and Its Other: Toward the Dejustification of Violence

by Dimitris Vardoulakis

Book Overview

In this new book, Dimitris Vardoulakis asks how it is possible to think of a politics that is not commensurate with sovereignty. For such a politics, he argues, sovereignty is defined not in terms of the exception but as the different ways in which violence is justified. Vardoulakis shows how it is possible to deconstruct the various justifications of violence. Such de-justifications can only take place by presupposing an other to sovereignty, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823251365
• ISBN13: 9780823251360
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"