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, Bat-Ami Bar On
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780847697717
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9771-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 299 g
• Series: Feminist Constructions; Feminist Constructions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories