The Faustian Pact in International Law - (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities) by Edwin Bikundo
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Highlights
- The book provides an original and captivating perspective on international law and Giorgio Agamben's work.
- Author(s): Edwin Bikundo
- 224 Pages
- Freedom + Security / Law Enforcement, Jurisprudence
- Series Name: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities
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About the Book
Examines the significance of the Faustian pact in international law.Book Synopsis
The book provides an original and captivating perspective on international law and Giorgio Agamben's work. The manuscript is profoundly aesthetic-textual in its approach, as exemplified in its deft and insightful close readings of drama (Goethe's Faust), prose fiction (Melville's Bartleby and Benito Cereno) and lyric, be it devotional (Laudes Regiae, Handel, 'The Lord is a Man of War') or otherwise (Edwin Starr's 'War', Boy George's 'War Song'). Attentive to language, plot, theme and characterisation, these readings not only read the texts in question, but they also read them anew, yielding fresh, innovative, and unique cultural legal interpretations.
Review Quotes
International law as political theodicy - via Faust and Agamben - is rendered new and strange in Edwin Bikundo's bracing book on the intimacies of law and violence.--Gerry Simpson, London School of Economics and Political Science
Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities
Sub-Genre: Jurisprudence
Genre: Freedom + Security / Law Enforcement
Number of Pages: 224
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Edwin Bikundo
Language: English
Street Date: January 31, 2026
TCIN: 1002787074
UPC: 9781474455671
Item Number (DPCI): 247-37-5200
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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