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1 online resource (147 pages) |
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Perspectives in continental philosophy |
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Perspectives in continental philosophy.
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| Contents |
Economies of subjectivity : Bataille after Freud -- Energy, propriation, mastery : Derrida on Freud -- Sovereign counter-sovereignty : the opening of the gift -- Sovereign counter-sovereignty, justice, and the event |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Derrida, Jacques. Voyous
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Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
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Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962.
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| SUBJECT |
Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962
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Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
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Derrida, Jacques. Voyous
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Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962 fast |
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Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 fast |
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Sovereignty.
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Legitimacy of governments.
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sovereignty.
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RELIGION -- Philosophy.
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Legitimacy of governments
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Sovereignty
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Political Science.
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Law, Politics & Government.
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Political Theory of the State.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780823235735 |
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0823235734 |
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9780823232437 |
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0823232433 |
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9780823249077 |
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0823249077 |
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9780823238446 |
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082323844X |
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