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The force of nonviolence : an ethico-political bind, Judith Butler

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"Situating non-violence at the cross-roads of the ethical and political, The Force of Non-Violence brings into focus the ethical binds that emerge within the force field of violence. Non-violence is very often misunderstood as a passive practice that emanates from a calm region of the soul, or as an individualist ethic with an unrealistic relation to existing forms of power. This book argues for an aggressive form of non-violence that struggles with psychic ambivalence and seeks to embody social ideals of inter-dependency and equality. Only through a critique of individualism can the ethical and political ideal of non-violence be understood in relation to the ideal of equality and the demand for grievability. In this psychosocial and philosophical reflection that draws upon Foucault, Fanon, Freud, and Benjamin, Butler argues that to oppose violence now requires understanding its different modalities, including the regulation of the grievability of lives. The book shows how "racial and demographic phantasms" enter into the rationale for inflicting state violence and other modes of "letting die" by investing violence in those who are most severely exposed to its effects and subjugated to its lethal power. The struggle for non-violence is found in modes of resistance and movements for social transformation that separate off aggression from its destructive aims to affirm the living potentials of radical egalitarian politics"--
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eng
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Publication
Extent
x, 209 pages
Contents
  • Nonviolence, Grievability, and the Critique of Individualism
  • To Preserve the Life of Another
  • The Ethics and Politics of Nonviolence
  • Political Philosophy in Freud: War, Destruction, Mania, and the Critical Faculty
  • Rethinking Vulnerability, Violence, Resistance
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9781788732765
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The force of nonviolence : an ethico-political bind
Title
The force of nonviolence
Title remainder
an ethico-political bind
Statement of responsibility
Judith Butler
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Situating non-violence at the cross-roads of the ethical and political, The Force of Non-Violence brings into focus the ethical binds that emerge within the force field of violence. Non-violence is very often misunderstood as a passive practice that emanates from a calm region of the soul, or as an individualist ethic with an unrealistic relation to existing forms of power. This book argues for an aggressive form of non-violence that struggles with psychic ambivalence and seeks to embody social ideals of inter-dependency and equality. Only through a critique of individualism can the ethical and political ideal of non-violence be understood in relation to the ideal of equality and the demand for grievability. In this psychosocial and philosophical reflection that draws upon Foucault, Fanon, Freud, and Benjamin, Butler argues that to oppose violence now requires understanding its different modalities, including the regulation of the grievability of lives. The book shows how "racial and demographic phantasms" enter into the rationale for inflicting state violence and other modes of "letting die" by investing violence in those who are most severely exposed to its effects and subjugated to its lethal power. The struggle for non-violence is found in modes of resistance and movements for social transformation that separate off aggression from its destructive aims to affirm the living potentials of radical egalitarian politics"--
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1956-
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Butler, Judith
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Nonviolence
  • Nonviolence
  • Individualism
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The force of nonviolence : an ethico-political bind, Judith Butler
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Nonviolence, Grievability, and the Critique of Individualism -- To Preserve the Life of Another -- The Ethics and Politics of Nonviolence -- Political Philosophy in Freud: War, Destruction, Mania, and the Critical Faculty -- Rethinking Vulnerability, Violence, Resistance
Control code
on1100630942
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
x, 209 pages
Isbn
9781788732765
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1100630942
Label
The force of nonviolence : an ethico-political bind, Judith Butler
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Nonviolence, Grievability, and the Critique of Individualism -- To Preserve the Life of Another -- The Ethics and Politics of Nonviolence -- Political Philosophy in Freud: War, Destruction, Mania, and the Critical Faculty -- Rethinking Vulnerability, Violence, Resistance
Control code
on1100630942
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
x, 209 pages
Isbn
9781788732765
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1100630942

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