Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence
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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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| Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence canonical | 1 |
| Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence (2004) | 1 |
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Target entity: Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence Context triple: [Judith Butler, notableWork, Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence]
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The Color of Violence
The Color of Violence is a landmark anthology that examines state and interpersonal violence against women of color through a radical, intersectional feminist lens.
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Reflections on Violence
Reflections on Violence is a 1908 political and social theory work by Georges Sorel that analyzes the role of myth and revolutionary violence in class struggle and syndicalism.
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Justice Interruptus: Critical Reflections on the "Postsocialist" Condition
Justice Interruptus: Critical Reflections on the "Postsocialist" Condition is a collection of essays by political theorist Nancy Fraser that critiques contemporary capitalism and explores issues of justice, redistribution, and recognition in the post–Cold War era.
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D.
Racial Imaginary Institute
The Racial Imaginary Institute is a cultural and intellectual project that examines race, whiteness, and visual culture through art, scholarship, and public programming.
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E.
Specters of Marx
Specters of Marx is a 1993 philosophical work by Jacques Derrida that reexamines Marxism after the Cold War through the lens of deconstruction, focusing on themes of haunting, justice, and the persistence of Marx’s legacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence Target entity description: 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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A.
The Color of Violence
The Color of Violence is a landmark anthology that examines state and interpersonal violence against women of color through a radical, intersectional feminist lens.
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B.
Reflections on Violence
Reflections on Violence is a 1908 political and social theory work by Georges Sorel that analyzes the role of myth and revolutionary violence in class struggle and syndicalism.
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C.
Justice Interruptus: Critical Reflections on the "Postsocialist" Condition
Justice Interruptus: Critical Reflections on the "Postsocialist" Condition is a collection of essays by political theorist Nancy Fraser that critiques contemporary capitalism and explores issues of justice, redistribution, and recognition in the post–Cold War era.
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D.
Racial Imaginary Institute
The Racial Imaginary Institute is a cultural and intellectual project that examines race, whiteness, and visual culture through art, scholarship, and public programming.
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E.
Specters of Marx
Specters of Marx is a 1993 philosophical work by Jacques Derrida that reexamines Marxism after the Cold War through the lens of deconstruction, focusing on themes of haunting, justice, and the persistence of Marx’s legacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
cultural studies
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gender studies ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
civil liberties in wartime
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dehumanization in war discourse ⓘ indefinite detention ⓘ media representation of violence ⓘ |
| author | Judith Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
differential allocation of vulnerability
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ethical responsibility to the Other ⓘ grievability of lives ⓘ precarious life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOnEvent |
September 11 attacks
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U.S. war on terror ⓘ |
| focusesOnRegion | United States foreign policy ⓘ |
| genre |
critical theory
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philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“Explanation and Exoneration, or What We Can Hear”
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“Indefinite Detention” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Precarious Life: The Obligations of Proximity” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Precarious Life” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Violence, Mourning, Politics” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Emmanuel Levinas
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Hannah Arendt NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
ethics
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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
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feminist theory ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| publisher | Verso Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence Description of subject: 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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Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence (2004)