Modernism and the grounds of law /

"Existing approaches to the relation of law and society have for a long time seen law as either autonomous or grounded in society. Drawing on untapped resources in social theory, Fitzpatrick finds law pivotally placed in and beyond modernity. Being itself of the modern, law takes impetus and id...

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Main Author: Fitzpatrick, Peter, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001
Series:Cambridge studies in law and society
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245 1 0 |a Modernism and the grounds of law /  |c Peter Fitzpatrick 
260 |a Cambridge, UK ;  |a New York :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2001 
300 |a x, 261 pages ;  |c 24 cm 
490 1 |a Cambridge studies in law and society 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-253) and index 
505 0 |a Part I. Origins: 1. Origin -- 2. Position -- 3. Law Part II. Instantiation: 4. Nationalism -- 5. Imperialism -- 6. Globalism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index 
520 1 |a "Existing approaches to the relation of law and society have for a long time seen law as either autonomous or grounded in society. Drawing on untapped resources in social theory, Fitzpatrick finds law pivotally placed in and beyond modernity. Being itself of the modern, law takes impetus and identity from modern society and, through incorporating 'pre-modern' elements of savagery and the sacred, it comes to constitute that very society. When placing law in such a crucial position for modernity, Fitzpatrick ranges widely from the colonizations of the Americas, through the thought of the European Enlightenment, and engages finally with contemporary arrogations of the 'global' 
520 8 |a By extending his previous work on the origins of modernity, this book makes a significant contribution to continuing developments in law and society, legal philosophy, and jurisprudence."--Jacket 
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650 0 |a Modernism (Christian theology) 
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