Seeking the good (peace) of the republic: The violence against and of difference in defining the public space

This article will reflect on the role of legitimate and authorised violence in state-making. This violence in the name of the good defines the state (Benjamin�s law-making violence) by the exclusion of others (Benjamin 1996). Law-making violence together with the violence that coerces or binds [<...

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Main Author: Johann-Albrecht Meylahn
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2011-06-01
Series:Verbum et Ecclesia
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Online Access:http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/505

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