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Precarious Life - the power of mourning & violence |
| AUTHOR |
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BUTLER, Judith |
| DESCRIPTION |
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Butler looks at the heightened states of vulnerabilitry & aggression in the US resulting from the 9-11 attack & the government's decision to retalliate. A critique of violence as a response to loss & the proposal that a dislocation of First World privilege is the chance toi imagine a world in which violernce might be minimized, acknowledging interdependence as the basis for a global political community.Why are some lives grief-worthy & some not? Looks at questions of sovereignty, pastriotic anti-intellectualism, censorship, anti anti-semitism. |
| RETAIL |
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$41 (Click here to convert currency) |
| PUBLISHER |
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Verso |
| CATEGORY |
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philosophy |
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