{"product_id":"9780472022946","title":"Sacred Violence: Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty","description":"In \u003ci\u003eSacred Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, the distinguished political and legal theorist Paul W. Kahn investigates the reasons for the resort to violence characteristic of premodern states. In a startling argument, he contends that law will never offer an adequate account of political violence. Instead, we must turn to political theology, which reveals that torture and terror are, essentially, forms of sacrifice. Kahn forces us to acknowledge what we don't want to see: that we remain deeply committed to a violent politics beyond law.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paul W. Kahn is Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities at Yale Law School and Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cover Illustration: \"Abu Ghraib 67, 2005\" by Fernando Botero. Courtesy of the artist and the American University Museum.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103911690480,"sku":"9780472022946","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780472022946_p0.jpg?v=1763707933","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780472022946","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}