Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? - Couverture souple

Butler, Judith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844676269 ISBN 13 : 9781844676262

Editeur : Verso Books, 2010

Synopsis

In Frames of War, Judith Butler explores the medias portrayal of state violence, a process integral to the way in which the West wages modern war. This portrayal has saturated our understanding of human life, and has led to the exploitation and abandonment of whole peoples, who are cast as existential threats rather than as living populations in need of protection. These people are framed as already lost, to imprisonment, unemployment and starvation, and can easily be dismissed. In the twisted logic that rationalizes their deaths, the loss of such populations is deemed necessary to protect the lives of the living. This disparity, Butler argues, has profound implications for why and when we feel horror, guilt, loss and indifference, both in the context of war and, increasingly, everyday life. In this urgent response to increasingly dominant methods of coercion, violence and racism, Butler calls for a reconceptualization of the Left, one united in opposition and resistance to the illegitimate and arbitrary effects of state violence.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

JUDITH BUTLER is Maxine Elliot Professor of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of many books, including Giving an Account of Oneself, Precarious Life, and Gender Trouble.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1844676269
• ISBN 13: 9781844676262
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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