Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 386 g
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 386 g
ISBN: 978-1-5095-4236-9
Verlag: Polity Press
Law is the most sacred fetish of our time. From radicals to conservatives, there is no militant, activist or thinker who would consider doing without it. But the history of our fascination with law is long and complex, and reaches deeper into our culture than we might think.
In After Law, Laurent de Sutter takes us on a journey to uncover the sources of our fascination. He shows that at a certain moment in our history a choice was made to treat law as a decisive feature of civilization, but this choice was neither obvious nor necessary. Other political, social, religious or cultural possibilities could have been chosen instead – from ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia, from medieval Japan to China, from Islam to Judaism, other cultures have devised sophisticated tools to help people live together without having to deal with norms, rules and principles. This is a lesson worth reflecting on, especially at a time when the rule of law and the functioning of justice are increasingly showing their sinister side – and their impotence. Is there life beyond law?
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
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Translator’s Note xi
Foreword by Avital Ronell xiii
PRELUDE 1
§A. Law
1: NOMOS 5
§1. Isonomia – §2. Thesmos – §3. Rhêtra – §4.
Nemô – §5. Philosophy – §6. Order – §7. Polis –
§8. Thémis – §9. Phusis – §10. Anomia
INTERLUDE 1 19
§B. Chaos.
2: DINUM 23
§11. Hammurabi – §12. Mišarum – §13. Dinum
– §14. Šumma – §15. Prophesy – §16. Šamaš –
§17. Kittum – §18. Model – §19. Akalum – §20.
Understanding
INTERLUDE 2 35
§C. Code
3: IUS 39
§21. Rogatio – §22. Ius – §23. Fas – §24. Iura –
§25. Nexum – §26. Civitas – §27. Corpus – §28.
Iurisprudentia – §29. Institutes – §30. Disruption
INTERLUDE 3 53
§D. Case
4: LEX 57
§31. Leges – §32. Lectio – §33. Cicero – §34.
Uinculum – §35. Nomos – §36. Perfectio – §37.
Schola – §38. Norm – §39. Morality – §40. Synthesis
INTERLUDE 4 71
§. E. Being
5: FIQH 75
§41. Oumma – §42. Sharia – §43. Fiqh – §44.
Qiyâs – §45. Shâfî’i – §46. Furû – §47. Taqlîd –
§48. Djinn – §49. Tariqâ – §50. Doubt
INTERLUDE 5 89
§F. Man
6: LI 93
§51. Confucius – §52. Li – §53. Relation – §54.
Ren – §55. Xing – §56. Fa – §57. Shang – §58.
Xun – §59. Form – §60. The pear tree
INTERLUDE 6 107
§G. Sanction
7: GIRI 111
§61. Ritsuryô – §62. Tang – §63. Shôtoku – §64.
Horitsu – §65. Giri – §66. Emotion – §67. On –
§68. Assessment – §69. Kyaku – §70. Rei
INTERLUDE 7 125
§H. Reason
8: DHARMA 129
§71. Smriti – §72. Sutra – §73. Trivarga – §74.
Pramana – §75. Arya – §76. Abjection – §77.
Artha – §78. Varna – §79. Manu – §80. Asoka
INTERLUDE 8 14
§I. Judgement
9: MAÂT 147
§81. Maât – §82. Ânkh – §83. Isfet – §84.
Oasien – §85. Communication – §86. Tomb –
§87. Ba – §88. Âdja – §89. Hépou – §90. Nefer
INTERLUDE 9 159
§J. Politics
10: AGGADAH 163
§91. Torah – §92. Halakha – §93. Justification
– §94. Maimonides – §95. Chaim – §96. Beyond
– §97. Pluralism – §98. Mishpatim – §99.
Aggadah – §100. Betrayal
POSTLUDE 177
§K. Right
Notes 179
Index 207
