The social spaces of the international government of violence
Résumé
With the apparent return of the state to the world stage coming into conflict with the dynamics of globalization and the dispersal of the use of force, the issue of the government of violence, and therefore the question of the monopoly of legitimate physical force, is of increasing relevance. Is it still possible to think, as Max Weber asserted in 1919, that "the state is the form of human community that [. . .] lays claim to the monopoly of legitimate physical violence within a particular territory"? 1 And is it still possible to believe, in accordance with the Westphalian model, that the international stage belongs to sovereign states with a monopoly of this nature? The authors contributing to this special issue of Critique internationale adopt an empirical approach that is not restricted to national contexts, focusing on the government of violence in the modern world in order to highlight the limitations of traditional conceptions of the state. They remind us of the importance of shifting our gaze away from the monopoly of legitimate force, highlighting not simply the actors involved but also the social spaces that help produce this violence and shape the distinctive nature of the state's stance on this matter.
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