„Thus, instead of seeing the state as the origin of ‚will-to-violence‘, it should be understood as an effect of multiple, contradictory and incoherent forces“

Dhawan: Reimaging the State, S.58

„Thus, instead of seeing the state as the origin of ‚will-to-violence‘, it should be understood as an effect of multiple, contradictory and incoherent forces. Second, the temptation to juxtapose state versus non-state realms should be resisted: social norms, through their institutionalisation, cement the state power effects and are not disentangled from it.“