The Subject of Violence - Arendtean Exercises in Understanding

The Subject of Violence is a critical investigation of violence and its subjectifying capacities. It both relies on and explores the work of Hannah Arendt. At its background are feminist concerns, but also concerns with violence that press against the feminist problematic and push its boundaries. The book's main project is ethico-political "understanding" and, therefore, it is also about finding an ethico-political language for violence that escapes the standard idioms in which violence is spoken.

List of contents

Part 1 Sign of Trauma Chapter 2 Thinking About Violence Between Theory and (Auto)Biography Chapter 3 Shattered Worlds and Shocked Understandings Chapter 4 A Legacy of Women in Dark Times Part 5 Shapes of Violence Chapter 6 Thoughtless Action Into Nature and The Violence of Genocide Chapter 7 An Excursus (Perhaps): Eichmann in Jerusalem and Post-Zionism Chapter 8 Violence in the Intersection of Nationalism and the State Form Part 9 Ambiguous Alternatives Chapter 10 Violent Bodies

About the author

By Bat-Ami Bar On

Summary

"The Subject of Violence" is a critical investigation of violence and the subjectifying capacities. It both relies on and explores the work of Hannah Arendt. At its background are feminist concerns, but also concerns with violence that press against the feminist problematic and push its boundaries.

Product details

• Authors: Bat-Ami Bar On, Bar On Bat-Ami, Bat Ami Bar-On, Bat-Ami Bar On
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2002
• EAN: 9780847697717
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9771-7
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 228 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 304 g
• Series: Feminist Constructions; Feminist Constructions; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Violence in society, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Violence and abuse in society