Violence : Thinking without Banisters (Paperback)

Acknowledgments vi

Preface vii

Introduction 1

1 The Aporias of Carl Schmitt 12

2 Walter Benjamin: Divine Violence? 46

3 Hannah Arendt: On Power and Violence 78

4 Frantz Fanon’s Critique of Violence 105

5 Jan Assmann: The Mosaic Distinction and Religious Violence 128

6 Reflections on NonViolence and Violence 159

Notes 185

References 213

Name Index 217

Subject Index 222