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