Menke’s reconstruction of Benjamin’s law, his tragic aporia and recognition

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11340627
AutoresGonzalo Bustamante Kuschel (0000-0002-0886-5960, Adolfo Ibáñez University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen41
Número6
Páginas577-591
Fecha de publicación2015-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPhilosophy & Social Criticism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0191-4537 • E-ISSN: 1461-734X
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0191453714559534
OpenAlexW2041276739
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas24

Benjamin’s Critique of Violence (1921) has been a relevant source of legal and political philosophy about the nature of law, from Derrida to Menke. In this article, we rebuild the reading of Benjamin’s Critique proposed by Menke and consider the appropriateness of violence in the law not as a tragic tension, but as a condition for its reproduction. Finally, we will consider its paradoxical nature as a confirmation of the difference between the force of law and social-normative elements such as recognition [ Anerkennung]

Comparative law · Epistemology · Normative · Philosophy of law · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics · Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation