Captives of sovereignty
A picture of sovereignty holds the study of politics captive. Captives of Sovereignty looks at the historical origins of this picture of politics, critiques its philosophical assumptions and offers a way to move contemporary critiques of sovereignty beyond their current impasse. The first part of th...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2011
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- A picture holds us captive
- Sovereignty, judgment and epistemic skepticism
- Sovereignty, language, and ethical skepticism
- Sovereignty, religious skepticism, and the theological-political problem
- Political authority and skepticism
- Authority, criteria, and the new social contract
- The claim of global community
- Conclusion: authority without supremacy, community with contestation