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Investigates the reasons for the resort to violence characteristic of premodern states. This work contends that law can never offer an adequate account of political violence. Instead, we must turn to political theology, which reveals that torture and terror are, essentially, forms of sacrifice.

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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

Sacred Violence

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A Hardback by Paul W. Kahn

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    Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
    Publication Date: 8/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780472070473, 978-0472070473
    ISBN10: 0472070479
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Investigates the reasons for the resort to violence characteristic of premodern states. This work contends that law can never offer an adequate account of political violence. Instead, we must turn to political theology, which reveals that torture and terror are, essentially, forms of sacrifice.

    Trade Review
    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

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