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Conversations on Violence : An Anthology.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781786807359
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Conversations on ViolenceDDC classification:
  • 303.6
LOC classification:
  • HM1116 .E936 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction - Brad Evans and Adrian Parr -- 1. The Poetry of Resistance - Malcolm London -- 2. Breaking the World - Marina Abramovic -- 3. Trans-species Encounters - David Rothenberg -- 4. Recovering from an Addicted Life - Russell Brand -- 5. Non-Violence and the Ghost of Fascism - Todd May -- 6. Without Exception: On the Ordinariness of Violence - Lauren Berlant -- 7. The Anatomy of Destruction - Gil Anidjar -- 8. The Intimate Witness: Art and the Disappeared of History - Chantal Meza -- 9. The Death of Humanitarianism - Mark Duffield -- 10. The Expulsion of Humanity - Saskia Sassen -- 11. When Art is Born of Resistance - Martha Rosler -- 12. The Tragedy of Existence - Simon Critchley -- 13. The Violence of the Algorithm - Davide Panagia -- 14. Thinking Art in a Decolonial Way - Lewis Gordon -- 15. What Does an Anti-Fascist Life Feel Like? - Natasha Lennard -- 16. Life in Zones of Abandonment - Henry A. Giroux -- 17. The Violence of Absent Emergencies - Santiago Zabala -- 18. The Ghosts of Civilized Violence - Alex Taek-Gwang Lee -- 19. Violence Is Freedom - Roy Scranton -- 20. Slavery in America - Ana Lucia Araujo -- 21. Why We Should All Read Walter Benjamin Today - James Martel -- 22. Unlearning History - Ariella Aisha Azoulay -- 23. The Crisis of Containment - Gareth Owen -- 24. The Violence of Poverty - Ananya Roy -- 25. The Violence of Denial - Linda Melvern -- 26. Why We Should All Read Malcolm X Today - Kehinde Andrews -- 27. America is Not a Fascist State. It's an Authoritarian One - Ruth Ben-Ghiat -- 28. The Atmosphere of Violence - Fatima Butto -- 29. The Inherited Memory of Art - Mark Bradford -- 30. If You Look Closer, You Will See - Isaac Cordal -- 31. The Revolutionary Potential of Pacifism - Richard Jackson -- Index.
Summary: Leading thinkers discuss the experience and repercussions of violence, exploring its varied manifestations in the world today.
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Cover -- Contents -- Introduction - Brad Evans and Adrian Parr -- 1. The Poetry of Resistance - Malcolm London -- 2. Breaking the World - Marina Abramovic -- 3. Trans-species Encounters - David Rothenberg -- 4. Recovering from an Addicted Life - Russell Brand -- 5. Non-Violence and the Ghost of Fascism - Todd May -- 6. Without Exception: On the Ordinariness of Violence - Lauren Berlant -- 7. The Anatomy of Destruction - Gil Anidjar -- 8. The Intimate Witness: Art and the Disappeared of History - Chantal Meza -- 9. The Death of Humanitarianism - Mark Duffield -- 10. The Expulsion of Humanity - Saskia Sassen -- 11. When Art is Born of Resistance - Martha Rosler -- 12. The Tragedy of Existence - Simon Critchley -- 13. The Violence of the Algorithm - Davide Panagia -- 14. Thinking Art in a Decolonial Way - Lewis Gordon -- 15. What Does an Anti-Fascist Life Feel Like? - Natasha Lennard -- 16. Life in Zones of Abandonment - Henry A. Giroux -- 17. The Violence of Absent Emergencies - Santiago Zabala -- 18. The Ghosts of Civilized Violence - Alex Taek-Gwang Lee -- 19. Violence Is Freedom - Roy Scranton -- 20. Slavery in America - Ana Lucia Araujo -- 21. Why We Should All Read Walter Benjamin Today - James Martel -- 22. Unlearning History - Ariella Aisha Azoulay -- 23. The Crisis of Containment - Gareth Owen -- 24. The Violence of Poverty - Ananya Roy -- 25. The Violence of Denial - Linda Melvern -- 26. Why We Should All Read Malcolm X Today - Kehinde Andrews -- 27. America is Not a Fascist State. It's an Authoritarian One - Ruth Ben-Ghiat -- 28. The Atmosphere of Violence - Fatima Butto -- 29. The Inherited Memory of Art - Mark Bradford -- 30. If You Look Closer, You Will See - Isaac Cordal -- 31. The Revolutionary Potential of Pacifism - Richard Jackson -- Index.

Leading thinkers discuss the experience and repercussions of violence, exploring its varied manifestations in the world today.

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