Benjamin, Walter. Critique of Violence

Walter Benjamin’s seminal essay on violence, exploring its relation to law and justice. Benjamin explains the relation between violence and its position as a means to and end in the pursuit of justice through legal means. Along the way, Benjamin engages with violence’s position in relation to natural law and how this differs from legality, emphasising the complexity of morality in this constellation of violence.

Benjamin, Walter, “Critique of Violence.” In Reflections (1978), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.: 277-300.