Magnificat by Vernon Press Staff
This book deals with the immediacy and 'physicality' of contemporary politics. The author insists that an investigation of contentious political actions is essential for understanding the nature and interrelations of power structures. He suggests new ways of studying power that recognize both the transformation in the notion of sovereignty and current governmental realities.The universal immediacy of conflict drives home the futility of vague philosophical speculations and generalizations. Instead, it prompts a rigorous study of control and rebellion, statecraft and autonomy, law and lawlessness. History, claims the author, must be studied in a new way.
Through a series of historical illustrations, the author investigates violence, law, terror, protection, justice and post-colonial governance. His reading of the materiality of politics is disturbingly 'physical'. Unlike the 'philosophical subject' (a purely theoretical construct), the author's 'political subject' is the real product of particular conflicts and circumstances, violence and bloodshed.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780805046496 |
| ISBN 10 | 0805046496 |
| Title | Magnificat |
| Author | Vernon Press Staff |
| Series | Pocket Devotionals Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Henry Holt & Company Inc |
| Year published | 1996-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 72 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |