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Critique of Violence

By Beatrice Hanssen

Critique of Violence Philosophy

Critique of Violence

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"Critique of Violence" is a highly original and lucid investigation of the heated controversy between poststructuralism and critical theory. Leading theorist Beatrice Hanssen uses Walter Benjamin's essay "Critique of Violence" as a guide to analyze the contentious debate, shifting the emphasis from struggle to dialogue between the two parties. Regarding the questions of critique and violence as the major meeting points between both traditions, Hanssen positions herself"between" the two in an effort to investigate what critical theory and poststructuralism have to offer each other. In the course of doing so, she assembles imaginative new readings of Benjamin, Arendt, Fanon, and Foucault, and incisively explores the politics of recognition, the violence of language, and the future of feminist theory. This groundbreaking book will be essential reading for all students of continental philosophy, political theory, social studies, and comparative literature.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
324
Release Date:
2000-10-01
Publication Date:
2000-08-03
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0415223393
ISBN13:
9780415223393
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
652 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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