Enemies of All Humankind Fictions of Legitimate Violence
Material type: ArticleLanguage: English Series: Re-Mapping the Transnational: A Dartmouth Series in American StudiesPublication details: Hanover, NH, USA Dartmouth College Press 2016Content type:- text
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- 9781512600759
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Electronic edition | Bucheon University Library | Fiction | OAPEN | 811 R42 | Not for loan | Смотреть (pdf) | 1010104 |
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Hostis humani generis, meaning “enemy of humankind,” is the legal basis by which Western societies have defined such criminals as pirates, torturers, or terrorists as beyond the pale of civilization. Sonja Schillings argues that this legal fiction does more than characterize certain persons as inherently hostile: it provides a narrative basis for legitimating violence in the name of the state. The work draws attention to a century-old narrative pattern that not only underlies the legal category of enemies of the state, but more generally informs interpretations of imperial expansion, protest against government-sponsored oppression, and the transformation of institutions as “legitimate” interventions on behalf of civilized society.
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