Political violence and the imagination: complicity memory and resistance

"Using a variety of theoretical reflections and empirically grounded case studies, this book examines how certain kinds of imagination - political, artistic, historical, philosophical - help us tackle the challenge of comprehending and responding to various forms of political violence. nderstan...

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Other Authors: Thaler, Mathias 1978- (Editor), Mihai, Mihaela (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge [2020]
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Summary:"Using a variety of theoretical reflections and empirically grounded case studies, this book examines how certain kinds of imagination - political, artistic, historical, philosophical - help us tackle the challenge of comprehending and responding to various forms of political violence. nderstanding political violence is a complex task, which involves a variety of operations, from examining the social macro-structures within which actors engage in violence, to investigating the motives and drives of individual perpetrators. This book focuses on the faculty of imagination and its role in facilitating our normative and critical engagement with political violence. It interrogates how the imagination can help us deal with past as well as ongoing instances of political violence. Several questions, which have thus far received too little attention from political theorists, motivate this project: Can certain forms of imagination - artistic, historical, philosophical - help us tackle the challenge of comprehending and responding to unprecedented forms of violence? What is the ethical and political value of artworks depicting human rights violations in the aftermath of conflicts? What about the use of thought experiments in justifying policy measures with regard to violence? What forms of political imagination can foster solidarity and catalyse political action?"--Description in book
Item Description:Previously published as special issue of "Critical review of international social and political philosophy", volume 22 (2019), issue 5
Physical Description:viii, 145 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9780367515171

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