State, sovereignty, war : civil violence in emerging global realities / edited by Bruce Kapferer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kapferer, Bruce, editor.

Series:

Critical interventions ; volume 5.

Critical interventions : a forum for social analysis ; volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The.

War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The very institution of the state is widely conceived of as inseparable from war. If it constitutes peace within the borders or order of its sovereignty, this very peace may be the condition for its potential for war with those other states and social formation outside it. This volume represents different analytical standpoints and positions within global processes, inviting further discussion on contemporary realities and the development of new formations of war and violence.

Contents:

STATE, SOVEREIGNTY, WAR; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; DETERRITORIALIZED WARS OF PUBLIC SAFETY; WHERE'S JESSICA?; WARS, EUROPE, AND VISIONS OF THE WORLD; INVISIBLE EMPIRES; MARKET FORCES, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, AND WAR; REFLECTIONS ON WAR AND STATE AND THE SUDAN; MILITARIZED DEMOCRACIES; MUTHANGA; KINGS OR PRESIDENTS?; CHAOS, CONSPIRACY, AND SPECTACLE; ABOUT A WALL; PARAMILITARIES OF THE EMPIRE; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

"Originally published in Social analysis, vol. 48."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857458629

0857458620