Walter Benjamin and the re-imageination of international law

Nicholson, Matthew

Abstract

Drawing on the work of Walter Benjamin, Harold Bloom, and Theodor Adorno this article proposes the re-imageination of international law as a ‘pure means’ of representation rather than a means of exercising control over the world.

Citation

Nicholson, M. (2016). Walter Benjamin and the re-imageination of international law. Law and Critique, 27(1), 103-129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10978-015-9170-z

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 29, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Oct 26, 2015
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Sep 9, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 26, 2016
• Journal: Law and Critique
• Print ISSN: 0957-8536
• Electronic ISSN: 1572-8617
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 103-129
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10978-015-9170-z
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1397806
• Related Public URLs: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/384084/