State, Sovereignty, War: Civil Violence in Emerging Global Realities

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Bruce Kapferer
Berghahn Books, 2004 - 170 pages

The very institution of the state is widely conceived of as inseparable from war. If it constitutes peace within the borders or order of its sovereignty, this very peace may be the condition for its potential for war with those other states and social formation outside it. This volume represents different analytical standpoints and positions within global processes, inviting further discussion on contemporary realities and the development of new formations of war and violence.

 

Contents

Old Permutations New Formations? War
1
Deterritorialized Wars of Public Safety
16
Wheres Jessica? Myth Nation and War in Americas
29
Wars Europe and Visions of the World
37
Invisible Empires
46
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Bruce Kapferer is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Bergen. He has held academic positions in Zambia, Manchester, Adelaide, London, and Queensland and carried out extensive fieldwork in Zambia, Sri Lanka, India, Australia, and South Africa.

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