Criticises the historically dominant classicjuridical model of sovereign violence and defends a bio-juridical model instead
Works across the disciplines of critical theory, political theory, biopolitical theory, poststructuralism and deconstruction
Develops three models radical-juridical, biopolitical, and bio-juridical to understand contemporary debates
Situates current thinking in relation to the classicjuridical model, thereby linking contemporary debates to historical ones
Moves beyond the dominant biopolitical model to a bio-juridical paradigm
Gavin Rae offers an original approach to sovereign violence by looking at a wide range of thinkers, which he organises into three models. Benjamin, Schmitt, Arendt, Deleuze and Guattari form the radical-juridical perspective; Foucault and Agamben the biopolitical; Derrida the bio-juridical which Rae argues produces the most nuanced account.
