The Barren Sacrifice: An Essay on Political Violence
(Part of the Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture (SVMC) Series)
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According to political theory, the primary function of the modern state is to protect its citizens--both from each other and from external enemies. Yet it is the states that essentially commit major forms of violence, such as genocides, ethnic cleansings, and large-scale massacres, against their own citizens. In this book Paul Dumouchel argues that this paradoxical reversal of the state's primary function into violence against its own members is not...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1611861837
ISBN13:9781611861839
Release Date:November 2015
Publisher:Michigan State University Press
Length:242 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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