Violence and Its Alternatives: An Interdisciplinary Reader - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0333775244 ISBN 13: 9780333775240

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Riassunto

The proliferation of violence is arguably one of the most crucial topics of concern in an era of ethnic wars on one hand, and cultural debates about what constitutes violence in arenas of pornography, nationalism, race relations, the media, even environmental issues on the other. This book aims to fill a gap in the literature on violence with a collection of essays from writers in the fields of politics, psychology, sociology, gender studies, and race studies. Methodologically diverse and intellectually wide ranging, it should appeal to specialists, students, and an interested public alike. This collection has two special features: first, a full spectrum of views ranging across disciplines, from treatments of the subject by philosophers such as Hannah Arendt and Frantz Fanon to postmodern considerations of violence embedded in social structures from the likes of Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida and second, an interdisciplinary study of nonviolence, a thoughtful and serious look at the alternatives to violence from spiritual leaders such as Gandhi and Martin Luther. This text is about violence in society, looking at power and its exploitation. Nonetheless, it offers optimism and hope through the systematic exploration of nonviolent strategies for a more peaceful community.

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L'autore

MANFRED B. STEGER is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Illinois State University.

NANCY S. LIND is Associate Professor of Political Science at Illinois State University.

Contenuti

Introduction; M.B.Steger & N.S.Lind
SECTION 1: VIOLENCE: DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS
Excerpt from On Violence; H.Arendt
On Violence; R.P.Wolff
The Idea of Violence; C.A.J.Coady
Cultural Violence; J.Galtung
Violence and the Perspective of Morality; R.L.Holmes
SECTION 2: VIOLENCE AND LAW
Critique of Violence; W.Benjamin
Excerpt from Discipline and Punish; M.Foucault
Excerpt from Force of Law: The Mystical Foundation of Authority; J.Derrida
The Force of Law: Metaphysical or Political; N.Fraser
Is Violent Speech a Right?; C.R.Sunstein
SECTION 3: VIOLENCE AND GENDER, GENDER AND SEXUALITY Masculinity, Violence, and Domination; N.C.M.Hartsock
Violence, Gender, and Social Change; C.Alder
Violence in Lesbian and Gay Relationships; C.M.Renzetti
Pornography and Grief; A.Dworkin
Andrea Dworkin's Reconstruction of Pornography as a Discriminatory Social Practice; C.Jenefsky
The Second Front: The Logic of Sexual Violence in Wars; R.Seifert
SECTION 4: VIOLENCE AND RACE
Excerpt from The Wretched of the Earth; F.Fanon
Excerpt from The Ballot or the Bullet; Malcolm X
On Violence; D.Nicholson
Nihilism in Black America; C.West
Violence, Resistance, and the Struggle for Black Empowerment; M.Marable
Indigenous Peoples, Racism and the Environment; R.Barsh
SECTION 5: VIOLENCE AND NATIONALISM
The New Nationalism in Europe; M.Kaldor
Pro Patria Mori! Death and the State; Y.Tamir
Patriotism and its Futures; A.Appadurai
'Ethnic Cleansing': A Metaphor for our Time?; A.S.Ahmed
SECTION 6: VIOLENCE AND CLASS
Excerpt from Reflections on Violence; G.Sorel
Liberation from the Affluent Society; H.Marcuse
Legality and Illegality; G.Lukacs
An Autopsy of Marxist Socialism; M.B.Steger
SECTION 7: NONVIOLENCE ALTERNATIVES
Excerpts from The Essential Writings of Mahatma Gandhi; M.K.Gandhi
Excerpt from Love, Law, and Civil Disobedience; M.L.King JR.
Beloved Community: A World Without Racism - Bell Hooks
Freedom From Fear; A.S.S.Kyi
Beyond Just War and Pacifism; G.Sharp
Untangling the Web of Violence; J.Turpin & L.R.Kurtz
Bibliography

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0333775244
• ISBN 13: 9780333775240
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 624
• Redattore: Steger Manfred B., Lind Nancy S.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile