Barbarism and the State of Nature
Colonialism, justification and critique of the State
Awdur(on) Oliver Eberl
Iaith: Saesneg
Dosbarthiad(au): Philosophy
Cyfres: Political Philosophy Now
- Mai 2027 · 256 tudalen ·216x138mm
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Why does describing the absence of the state as a ‘state of nature’ represent a continuation of colonial patterns of perception? To what extent does the criticism of war and genocide as a ‘relapse into barbarism’ reveal an unresolved legacy of colonialism? This volume demonstrates the central significance that the denigration of non-state societies had for the justification of the state in Europe, and lays bare the colonial core of the discourse on barbarism in political thought. The book calls for the translation of the accusation of barbarism into the language of international criminal law, and the recognition of colonialism as a crime against humanity.
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction: A society without barbarism?
Chapter 1 Barbarism in European antiquity
Chapter 2 Barbarism and the conquest of America
Chapter 3 From barbarism to the state of nature in Hobbes
Chapter 4 The critique of barbarism in the French Enlightenment
Chapter 5 The notion of barbarism in Kant’s critique of the State
Chapter 6 Barbarism in the discussion between Veblen and Adorno
Chapter 7 ‘Relapse into barbarism’and the World Wars
Chapter 8 Crimes against humanity: Barbarism in International Law
Conclusion: Beyond Barbarism
Notes
Bibliography