Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence

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book essay collection

Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence is a collection of essays by philosopher Judith Butler that examines vulnerability, grief, and the politics of violence and representation in the context of contemporary war and terrorism.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
academicDiscipline cultural studies ⓘ
gender studies ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political science ⓘ
addressesIssue civil liberties in wartime ⓘ
dehumanization in war discourse ⓘ
indefinite detention ⓘ
media representation of violence ⓘ
author Judith Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConcept differential allocation of vulnerability ⓘ
ethical responsibility to the Other ⓘ
grievability of lives ⓘ
precarious life ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
focusesOnEvent September 11 attacks NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. war on terror ⓘ
focusesOnRegion United States foreign policy ⓘ
genre critical theory ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
hasPart “Explanation and Exoneration, or What We Can Hear” NERFINISHED ⓘ
“Indefinite Detention” NERFINISHED ⓘ
“Precarious Life: The Obligations of Proximity” NERFINISHED ⓘ
“Precarious Life” NERFINISHED ⓘ
“Violence, Mourning, Politics” NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Emmanuel Levinas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hannah Arendt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject ethics ⓘ
frames of war ⓘ
grief ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
mourning ⓘ
politics of representation ⓘ
precariousness of life ⓘ
public mourning ⓘ
state violence ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ
violence ⓘ
vulnerability ⓘ
war ⓘ
war on terror ⓘ
philosophicalApproach ethics of alterity ⓘ
feminist theory ⓘ
post-structuralism ⓘ
publicationYear 2004 ⓘ
publisher Verso Books NERFINISHED ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence (2004)