on the primacy of conflict and the structure of the political /
William Rasch.
Portland, Or. :
Cavendish Pub.,
2004.
1 online resource (158 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction the primacy of the political; 1 Conflict as a vocation Schmitt Lyotard Luhmann; 2 A just war Or just a war Schmitt vs Habermas; 3 So you say you want a revolution Brecht vs Brecht; 4 Guilt as religion Benjamin; 5 From sovereign ban to banning sovereignty Agamben; 6 Persistent sovereignty Hardt and Negri; 7 'For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek': the legacy of St Paul; 8 Human rights as geopolitics from Vitoria to Rawls; Bibliography; Index.
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In contrast to many attempts to rethink the political in the wake of the collapse of traditional leftist projects, this text argues of the centrality of conflict in any notion of the political, as well as for the logical and/or ontological primacy of violence over "peace."