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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
      Published 8/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780472070473
      978-0472070473
      ISBN-10 0472070479
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      Violence and abuse in society

      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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