Subject of Violence - Arendtean Exercises in Understanding

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung "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.

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• Authors: Bat-Ami Bar On, Bat-Ami Bar On, ON BAT AMI BAR
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2002
• EAN: 9780847697700
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9770-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Feminist Constructions; Feminist Constructions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works