On Beheading

Amalendu MISRA is Professor of International Politics at Lancaster University, UK. He is the author of several critically acclaimed monographs including: Towards a Philosophy of Narco Violence in Mexico; The Landscape of Silence: Sexual Violence Against Men in War; Politics of Civil Wars; Afghanistan – The Labyrinth of Violence; and Identity and Religion.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Othering.- Chapter 3: Severing Sovereignty.- Chapter 4: Soliciting the Sacred.- Chapter 5: Penality.- Chapter 6: The Machinery.- Chapter 7: The Executioner's Heart.- Chapter 8: Performing Violence.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.