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Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy
Étienne Balibar
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Description for Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy
Hardback. Translator(s): Goshgarian, G. M. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
In Violence and Civility, Etienne Balibar boldly confronts the insidious causes of violence, racism, nationalism, and ethnic cleansing worldwide, as well as mass poverty and dispossession. Through a novel synthesis of theory and empirical studies of contemporary violence, the acclaimed thinker pushes past the limits of political philosophy to reconceive war, revolution, sovereignty, and class. Through the pathbreaking thought of Derrida, Balibar builds a topography of cruelty converted into extremism by ideology, juxtaposing its subjective forms (identity delusions, the desire for extermination, and the pursuit of vengeance) and its objective manifestations (capitalist exploitation and an institutional disregard for life). ... Read more
In Violence and Civility, Etienne Balibar boldly confronts the insidious causes of violence, racism, nationalism, and ethnic cleansing worldwide, as well as mass poverty and dispossession. Through a novel synthesis of theory and empirical studies of contemporary violence, the acclaimed thinker pushes past the limits of political philosophy to reconceive war, revolution, sovereignty, and class. Through the pathbreaking thought of Derrida, Balibar builds a topography of cruelty converted into extremism by ideology, juxtaposing its subjective forms (identity delusions, the desire for extermination, and the pursuit of vengeance) and its objective manifestations (capitalist exploitation and an institutional disregard for life). ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
The Wellek Library Lectures
Condition
New
Weight
494g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231153980
SKU
V9780231153980
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About Étienne Balibar
Etienne Balibar is emeritus professor of philosophy at Paris X Nanterre and emeritus professor of comparative literature at the University of California, Irvine. He is currently professor of modern European philosophy at Kingston University, London, and visiting professor at Columbia University. His books include The Philosophy of Marx (1995); Spinoza and Politics (1997); and Equaliberty: Political Essays (2010). G. ... Read more
Reviews for Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy
Contemporary political thought has had little success moving from the empirical to the theoretical. This is what Balibar does so well in Violence and Civility by working with the concept of Gewalt, the conflation of power and violence.
Donald M. Reid, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nothing could be more of our moment than violence, which is ... Read more
Donald M. Reid, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nothing could be more of our moment than violence, which is ... Read more