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.
Author(s): Brad Evans, Adrian Parr
Publisher: Pluto Press
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 272
City: London
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Contents
Introduction - Brad Evans and Adrian Parr
1. The Poetry of Resistance - Malcolm London
2. Breaking the World - Marina Abramovic
3. Trans-species Encounters - David Rothenberg
4. Recovering from an Addicted Life - Russell Brand
5. Non-Violence and the Ghost of Fascism - Todd May
6. Without Exception: On the Ordinariness of Violence - Lauren Berlant
7. The Anatomy of Destruction - Gil Anidjar
8. The Intimate Witness: Art and the Disappeared of History - Chantal Meza
9. The Death of Humanitarianism - Mark Duffield
10. The Expulsion of Humanity - Saskia Sassen
11. When Art is Born of Resistance - Martha Rosler
12. The Tragedy of Existence - Simon Critchley
13. The Violence of the Algorithm - Davide Panagia
14. Thinking Art in a Decolonial Way - Lewis Gordon
15. What Does an Anti-Fascist Life Feel Like? - Natasha Lennard
16. Life in Zones of Abandonment - Henry A. Giroux
17. The Violence of Absent Emergencies - Santiago Zabala
18. The Ghosts of Civilized Violence - Alex Taek-Gwang Lee
19. Violence Is Freedom - Roy Scranton
20. Slavery in America - Ana Lucia Araujo
21. Why We Should All Read Walter Benjamin Today - James Martel
22. Unlearning History - Ariella Aisha Azoulay
23. The Crisis of Containment - Gareth Owen
24. The Violence of Poverty - Ananya Roy
25. The Violence of Denial - Linda Melvern
26. Why We Should All Read Malcolm X Today - Kehinde Andrews
27. America is Not a Fascist State. It’s an Authoritarian One - Ruth Ben-Ghiat
28. The Atmosphere of Violence - Fatima Butto
29. The Inherited Memory of Art - Mark Bradford
30. If You Look Closer, You Will See - Isaac Cordal
31. The Revolutionary Potential of Pacifism - Richard Jackson
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