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245 10 a| Toward the critique of violenceh| [electronic resource] :b| a critical edition /c| Walter Benjamin ; edited by Peter Fenves and Julia Ng.;

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300 a| xii, 350 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

500 a| Originally published in German under the title Zur Kritik der Gewalt.;

500 a| Translated by Peter Fenves and Julia Ng.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-344) and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Marking the centenary of Walter Benjamin's immensely influential essay, "Toward the Critique of Violence," this critical edition presents readers with an altogether new, fully annotated translation of a work that is widely recognized as a classic of modern political theory. The volume includes twenty-one notes and fragments by Benjamin along with passages from all of the contemporaneous texts to which his essay refers. Readers thus encounter for the first time in English provocative arguments about law and violence advanced by Hermann Cohen, Kurt Hiller, Erich Unger, and Emil Lederer. A new translation of selections from Georges Sorel's Reflections on Violence further illuminates Benjamin's critical program. The volume also includes, for the first time in any language, a bibliography Benjamin drafted for the expansion of the essay and the development of a corresponding philosophy of law. An extensive introduction and afterword provide additional context. With its challenging argument concerning violence, law, and justice-which addresses such topical matters as police violence, the death penalty, and the ambiguous force of religion-Benjamin's work is as important today as it was upon its publication in Weimar Germany a century ago"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Toward the critique of violence a critical edition / Walter Benjamin ; edited by Peter Fenves and Julia Ng.

Author/creator	Benjamin, Walter
Other author	Fenves, Peter D. (Peter David), 1960-
Other author	Ng, Julia (Julia Chi Yan)
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Description	xii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Violence--Philosophy. Law--Philosophy. Justice (Philosophy)

Uniform title	Zur Kritik der Gewalt. English
Abstract	"Marking the centenary of Walter Benjamin's immensely influential essay, "Toward the Critique of Violence," this critical edition presents readers with an altogether new, fully annotated translation of a work that is widely recognized as a classic of modern political theory. The volume includes twenty-one notes and fragments by Benjamin along with passages from all of the contemporaneous texts to which his essay refers. Readers thus encounter for the first time in English provocative arguments about law and violence advanced by Hermann Cohen, Kurt Hiller, Erich Unger, and Emil Lederer. A new translation of selections from Georges Sorel's Reflections on Violence further illuminates Benjamin's critical program. The volume also includes, for the first time in any language, a bibliography Benjamin drafted for the expansion of the essay and the development of a corresponding philosophy of law. An extensive introduction and afterword provide additional context. With its challenging argument concerning violence, law, and justice-which addresses such topical matters as police violence, the death penalty, and the ambiguous force of religion-Benjamin's work is as important today as it was upon its publication in Weimar Germany a century ago"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	Originally published in German under the title Zur Kritik der Gewalt.
General note	Translated by Peter Fenves and Julia Ng.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-344) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020051467
ISBN	9780804749527 (hbk.)

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