

The Force of Nonviolence
An Ethico-Political Bind
Author: Judith Butler
Narrator: Coleen Marlo
Unabridged: 5 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 02/04/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Political Science, History & Theory, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Synopsis
Considering nonviolence as an ethical problem within a political philosophy requires a critique of individualism as well as an understanding of the psychosocial dimensions of violence. Butler draws upon Foucault, Fanon, Freud, and Benjamin to consider how the interdiction against violence fails to include lives regarded as ungrievable. By considering how "racial phantasms" inform justifications of state and administrative violence, Butler tracks how violence is often attributed to those who are most severely exposed to its lethal effects.