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Of Death and Dominion
Mohammed A. Bamyeh
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Paperback. Stating that death is the opposite not of life, but of power, the author argues that death has had a great and largely unexplored impact on the thinking of governance throughout history. He pursues the idea that a deep concern with death is, in fact, the basis of the ideological foundations of all political systems. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Death is the opposite not of life, but of power. And as such, Mohammed Bamyeh argues in this original work, death has had a great and largely unexplored impact on the thinking of governance throughout history, right down to our day. In ""Of Death and Dominion"", Bamyeh pursues the idea that a deep concern with death is, in fact, the basis of the ideological foundations of all political systems. Concentrating on four types of political systems - polis, empire, theocracy, and modern mass society systems - Bamyeh shows how each follows a specific strategy designed to pit power against the ... Read more
Death is the opposite not of life, but of power. And as such, Mohammed Bamyeh argues in this original work, death has had a great and largely unexplored impact on the thinking of governance throughout history, right down to our day. In ""Of Death and Dominion"", Bamyeh pursues the idea that a deep concern with death is, in fact, the basis of the ideological foundations of all political systems. Concentrating on four types of political systems - polis, empire, theocracy, and modern mass society systems - Bamyeh shows how each follows a specific strategy designed to pit power against the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Rethinking Theory
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810124417
SKU
V9780810124417
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About Mohammed A. Bamyeh
Mohammed A. Bamyeh is the Hubert H. Humphrey Professor of International Studies at Macalester College. He is the author of The Ends of Globalization and The Social Origins of Islam: Mind, Economy, Discourse and the editor of Palestine America.
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