Violence and the philosophical imaginary / Ann V. Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Ann V.

Series:

SUNY series in gender theory.

SUNY series in gender theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Philosophy.

Violence.

Imagination (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Images of violence enjoy a particular privilege in contemporary continental philosophy, one manifest in the ubiquity of violent metaphors and the prominence of a kind of rhetorical investment in violence as a motif. Such images have also informed, constrained, and motivated recent continental feminist theory. In Violence and the Philosophical Imaginary, Ann V. Murphy takes note of wide-ranging references to the themes of violence and vulnerability in contemporary theory. She considers the ethical and political implications of this language of violence with the aim of revealing other ways in which identity and the social bond might be imagined, and encourages some critical distance from the images of violence that pervade philosophical critique.

Contents:

Thinking in images

Philosophy's shame

Violence, visibility, and identity politics

The provocations of vulnerability

What's in a name?: imagining vulnerability otherwise

Assuming ambiguity

Conclusion: witnessing the imaginary.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781461907282

1461907284

9781438440323

1438440324

OCLC:

794780976