Conversations on violence : an anthology / Brad Evans and Adrian Parr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Brad, author.

Parr, Adrian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Social aspects.

Violence.

Violence--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London, England : Pluto Press, [2021]

Summary:

Whether physical or metaphorical, institutional or interpersonal, violence is everywhere. A seemingly immutable fact of life, it is nonetheless rarely engaged with at the conceptual level. What does violence actually mean? And is it an inevitable part of the human condition? Violence: An Anthology brings together many of the world's leading critical scholars, artists, writers and cultural producers to provide a kaleidoscopic exploration of the concept of violence. Through in-depth interviews with thirty figures including Marina Abramovic, Russell Brand and Simon Critchley, Brad Evans and Adrian Parr interrogate violence in all its manifestations, including its role in politics, art, gender discrimination and decolonization. Provocative, eye-opening and bracingly original, Violence: An Anthology sheds light on a defining philosophical concern of our age.

Contents:

Introduction / Brad Evans and Adrian Parr

The Poetry of Resistance / Malcolm London

Breaking the World / Marina Abramovic

Trans-species Encounters / David Rothenberg

Recovering from an Addicted Life / Russell Brand

Non-Violence and the Ghost of Fascism / Todd May

Without Exception: On the Ordinariness of Violence / Lauren Berlant

The Anatomy of Destruction / Gil Anidjar

The Intimate Witness: Art and the Disappeared of History / Chantal Meza

The Death of Humanitarianism / Mark Duffield

The Expulsion of Humanity / Saskia Sassen

When Art is Born of Resistance / Martha Rosler

The Tragedy of Existence / Simon Critchley

The Violence of the Algorithm / Davide Panagia

Thinking Art in a Decolonial Way / Lewis Gordon

What Does an Anti-Fascist Life Feel Like? / Natasha Lennard

Life in Zones of Abandonment / Henry A. Giroux

The Violence of Absent Emergencies / Santiago Zabala

The Ghosts of Civilized Violence / Alex Taek-Gwang Lee

Violence Is Freedom / Roy Scranton

Slavery in America / Ana Lucia Araujo

Why We Should All Read Walter Benjamin Today / James Martel

Unlearning History / Ariella Aisha Azoulay

The Crisis of Containment / Gareth Owen

The Violence of Poverty / Ananya Roy

The Violence of Denial / Linda Melvern

Why We Should All Read Malcolm X Today / Kehinde Andrews

America is Not a Fascist State. It's an Authoritarian One / Ruth Ben-Ghiat

The Atmosphere of Violence / Fatima Butto

The Inherited Memory of Art / Mark Bradford

If You Look Closer, You Will See / Isaac Cordal.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781786807359

1786807351