The God who deconstructs himself : sovereignty and subjectivity between Freud, Bataille, and Derrida / Nick Mansfield.

No topic has caused more discussion in recent philosophy and political theory than sovereignty. From late Foucault to Agamben, and from Guantanamo Bay to the 'war on terror, ' the issue of the extent and the nature of the sovereign has given theoretical debates their currency and urgency....

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Main Author: Mansfield, Nick
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Perspectives in continental philosophy.
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Summary:No topic has caused more discussion in recent philosophy and political theory than sovereignty. From late Foucault to Agamben, and from Guantanamo Bay to the 'war on terror, ' the issue of the extent and the nature of the sovereign has given theoretical debates their currency and urgency. New thinking on sovereignty has always imagined the styles of human selfhood that each regime involves. Each denomination of sovereignty requires a specific mode of subjectivity to explain its meaning and facilitate its operation. The aim of this book is to help outline Jacques Derrida's thinking on sovereignt.
Physical Description:1 online resource (147 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780823235735
0823235734
9780823232437
0823232433
9780823249077
0823249077
9780823238446
082323844X
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.