Format:
1 online resource (279 pages)
ISBN:
9781139115926
Content:
This book questions the theoretical assumptions of sovereignty and offers new ways to move the critiques of this subject forward.
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1 A picture holds us captive -- Introduction -- The normative critique of sovereignty -- Arendt -- Foucault -- Agamben -- Hardt and Negri -- The limitations of the normative critique of sovereignty -- The architectonic critique of sovereignty -- The world state -- Neo-feudalism -- State-centric -- The persistence of sovereignty -- Conclusion -- 2 Sovereignty, judgment, and epistemic skepticism -- Skepticism -- Epistemological skepticism in Hobbes and Spinoza -- Spinoza -- Hobbes -- Skepticism and sovereignty -- 3 Sovereignty, language, and ethical skepticism -- Hobbes and the struggle against paradiastole -- Spinoza -- Conclusion -- 4 Sovereignty, religious skepticism, and the theological-political problem -- Hobbes on sovereignty and ecclesiastical authority -- Debates over worship -- Meaning of scripture -- Miracles -- Ecclesiastical power -- Spinoza, skepticism, superstition, and sovereignty -- Conclusion -- Part II -- Introduction to Part II -- 5 Political authority and skepticism -- Introduction -- How skepticism constitutes sovereignty -- The authority of the "human group as such" -- Conclusion -- 6 Authority, criteria, and the new social contract -- Certainty without sovereignty -- The limits of popular sovereignty -- Popular sovereignty as procedure -- Conclusion -- 7 The claim of global community -- Skepticism and the security dilemma -- Skepticism and the other minds problem -- International ethics -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: authority without supremacy, community with contestation -- Another world is present -- Community with contestation -- Authority without supremacy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I; 1 A picture holds us captive ; Introduction; The normative critique of sovereignty; Arendt; Foucault; Agamben; Hardt and Negri; The limitations of the normative critique of sovereignty; The architectonic critique of sovereignty; The world state; Neo-feudalism; State-centric; The persistence of sovereignty; Conclusion; 2 Sovereignty, judgment, and epistemic skepticism ; Skepticism; Epistemological skepticism in Hobbes and Spinoza; Spinoza; Hobbes; Skepticism and sovereignty
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3 Sovereignty, language, and ethical skepticism Hobbes and the struggle against paradiastole; Spinoza; Conclusion; 4 Sovereignty, religious skepticism, and the theological-political problem ; Hobbes on sovereignty and ecclesiastical authority; Debates over worship; Meaning of scripture; Miracles; Ecclesiastical power; Spinoza, skepticism, superstition, and sovereignty; Conclusion; Part II; Introduction to Part II; 5 Political authority and skepticism ; Introduction; How skepticism constitutes sovereignty; The authority of the "human group as such"; Conclusion
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6 Authority, criteria, and the new social contract Certainty without sovereignty; The limits of popular sovereignty; Popular sovereignty as procedure; Conclusion; 7 The claim of global community ; Skepticism and the security dilemma; Skepticism and the other minds problem; International ethics; Conclusion; Conclusion: authority without supremacy, community with contestation; Another world is present; Community with contestation; Authority without supremacy; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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authority without supremacy, community with contestation
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107012875
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107012875
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=775079
