TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schillings,Sonja
TI  - Enemies of All Humankind: Fictions of Legitimate Violence 
SN  - 9781512600759
PB  - Dartmouth College Press
KW  - Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Access copy available to the general public
N2  - Hostis humani generis, meaning "enemy of humankind," is the legal basis by which Western societies have defined such criminals as pirates, torturers, or terrorists as beyond the pale of civilization. Sonja Schillings argues that this legal fiction does more than characterize certain persons as inherently hostile: it provides a narrative basis for legitimating violence in the name of the state. The work draws attention to a century-old narrative pattern that not only underlies the legal category of enemies of the state, but more generally informs interpretations of imperial expansion, protest against government-sponsored oppression, and the transformation of institutions as "legitimate" interventions on behalf of civilized society
UR  - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/85c90646-2dad-4418-8e1d-5a15e7e6c947
ER  -