Precarious life
Subtitle: the powers of mourning and violence
By: Judith Butler.
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781844675449
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Moral and ethical aspects; Violence -- Political aspects -- United States; Nationalism -- United States; Mass media and public opinion -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
Description: The author responds in this appraisal of post-9/11 America to the current U.S. policies to wage perpetual war, and calls for a deeper understanding of how mourning and violence might instead inspire solidarity and a quest for global justice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-161) and index.