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Violence and Utopia
Albert Boime
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Description for Violence and Utopia
Paperback. This is a pioneering, systematic study of the role of violence in the structure of the political order, formulated in relation to what is characterized as the civil and fraternal orders. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFFE; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 208.
This is a pioneering, systematic study of the role of violence in the structure of the political order, formulated in relation to what is characterized as the civil and fraternal orders. While the civil order is constituted upon an aversion to the risk of violent death and structure that guarantees the safety of its citizens, the fraternal order is constituted upon the willingness of the individual to risk one's life in violent confrontation. Boime shows that the necessity and attraction of fraternal affiliation is predicated and dependent upon the presence of equivocation and duplicity within the civil order. He argues ... Read more
This is a pioneering, systematic study of the role of violence in the structure of the political order, formulated in relation to what is characterized as the civil and fraternal orders. While the civil order is constituted upon an aversion to the risk of violent death and structure that guarantees the safety of its citizens, the fraternal order is constituted upon the willingness of the individual to risk one's life in violent confrontation. Boime shows that the necessity and attraction of fraternal affiliation is predicated and dependent upon the presence of equivocation and duplicity within the civil order. He argues ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761803249
SKU
V9780761803249
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About Albert Boime
Albert Boime is Professor of Art History at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Reviews for Violence and Utopia
A very handsome book.
Kurt H. Wolff, Professor Emeritus, Brandeis University A very handsome book.
Kurt H. Wolff, Professor Emeritus, Brandeis University
Kurt H. Wolff, Professor Emeritus, Brandeis University A very handsome book.
Kurt H. Wolff, Professor Emeritus, Brandeis University