{"product_id":"toward-the-critique-of-violence-a-critical-edition-9780804749534","title":"Toward the Critique of Violence: A Critical Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarking 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume includes twenty-one notes and fragments by Benjamin along with passages from all of the contemporaneous texts to which his essay refers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new translation of selections from Georges Sorel's \u003ci\u003eReflections on Violence\u003c\/i\u003e further illuminates Benjamin's critical program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn extensive introduction and afterword provide additional context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Benjamin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 6.06w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804749534\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Benjamin\u003c\/b\u003e (1892-1940) was a German Jewish philosopher. \u003cb\u003ePeter Fenves\u003c\/b\u003e is Joan and Serapta Harrison Professor of Literature, at Northwestern University. \u003cb\u003eJulia Ng\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Critical Theory and codirector of the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought, Goldsmiths, University of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39825869504627,"sku":"9780804749534","price":34.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4853adec-d852-481c-8660-909b45c189d1.jpg?v=1644538996","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/toward-the-critique-of-violence-a-critical-edition-9780804749534","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}