{"product_id":"democracys-empire-9781405163132","title":"Democracys Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays in this volume take on the challenge of explaining the current formation of the relation between sovereignty, law and violence in what is termed Democracy's Empire'.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains a situated discussion of the institution of democracy and related\u003cbr\u003e juridico-political problems\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the historical and philosophical legacies which inform Democracy's Empire  such as the Roman Republic, the separation between Church and State in the enlightenment, formations of revolutionary violence, and the relation between norm and exception\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePoses the problem of violence and death at the heart of the institution of democracy including examples such as South Africa and Iraq\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a mixture of historical and philosophical treatment of democracy as a juridical problem of constitutional violence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Democracy's Empire: Sovereignty, Law and Violence (Stewart Motha). \u003cp\u003e2. Church, State, Resistance (Jean-Luc Nancy).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Constitutional Violence (David Bates).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Sovereignty, Exception, and Norm (Andrew Norris).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Undoing Legal Violence: Walter Benjamin’s and Giorgio Agamben’s Aesthetics of Pure Means (Benjamin Morgan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Normality of the Exception in Democracy’s Empire (Peter Fitzpatrick and Richard Joyce).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Post-Apartheid Social Movements and the Quest for the Elusive 'New' South Africa (Tshepo Madlingozi).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Violence of Non-Violence: Law and War in Iraq (Samera Esmeir).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Performing Power: The Deal, Corporate Rule, and the Constitution of Global Legal Order (Fleur Johns).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Veiled Women and the \u003ci\u003eAffect\u003c\/i\u003e of Religion in Democracy (Stewart Motha)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407898583383,"sku":"9781405163132","price":19.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405163132.jpg?v=1730500892","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/democracys-empire-9781405163132","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}