“Divine Violence” and Law: Interpretations of the Transitional Era

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The article presents an analysis of the transformation of medieval legal thought on “mythical violence” into a new interpretation of law-establishing violence — into the idea of “divine violence.” The problem was introduced into the field of political theology by the German philosopher and cultural theorist Walter Benjamin in the 1920s.

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10.18572/1812-3805-2026-3-2-8

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