Starve and Immolate - The Politics of Human Weapons

Informationen zum Autor Banu Bargu is associate professor of politics at the New School. Klappentext Tells the story of leftist political prisoners in Turkey who waged a deadly struggle against the introduction of high security prisons by forging their lives into weapons. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of leftist political prisoners in Turkey who waged a deadly struggle against the introduction of high security prisons by forging their lives into weapons. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: The Death Fast Struggle and the Weaponization of Life 1. Biosovereignty and Necroresistance 2. Crisis of Sovereignty 3. The Biosovereign Assemblage and Its Tactics 4. Prisoners in Revolt 5. Marxism, Martyrdom, and Memory 6. Contentions Within Necroresistance Conclusion: From Chains to Bodies Notes Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Banu Bargu, Banu (New School for Social Research) Bargu, Bargu Banu
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.09.2016
• EAN: 9780231163415
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16341-5
• Pagine: 512
• Serie: New Directions in Critical Theory; New Directions in Critical The; New Directions in Critical Theory
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Politische Ideologien, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, social and political philosophy, Middle Eastern history, Political ideologies and movements