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'. 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.
| ISBN: | 9780521002530 |
| Publication date: | 2nd May 2001 |
| Author: | Peter University of London Fitzpatrick |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 276 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Genres: |
Social theory Systems of law Methods, theory and philosophy 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 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'. 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.
Modernism and the Grounds of Law features in the following genres: Social theory, Systems of law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law
Modernism and the Grounds of Law is available in Paperback
Modernism and the Grounds of Law was written by Peter University of London Fitzpatrick and published by Cambridge University Press
Modernism and the Grounds of Law has 276 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Law and Society series
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