Frames of war  -  Judith Butler

when is life grievable?

KORTE INHOUD

In Frames of War, Judith Butler explores the media’s portrayal of state violence, a process integral to the way in which the West wages modern war. This portrayal has saturated our understanding of human life, and has led to the exploitation and abandonment of whole peoples, who are cast as existential threats rather than as living populations in need of protection. These people are framed as already lost, to imprisonment, unemployment and starvation, and can easily be dismissed. In the twisted logic that r...
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2009 Uitgever: Verso 193 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1844673332 ISBN-13: 9781844673339