A collection of writings, reflections, and interviews from political philosopher and critical theorist Brad Evans, written between 2010 and 2017. Evans collaborates with and interviews Simon Critchley, Julian Reid, Adrian Parr, Henry Giroux, Grace Pollock, Tyler Pollard, and Victoria Harper in his considerations of our era of violence and confusion. Brad Evans has studied and written about the history of violence for years and has been collaborating with and interviewing the world’s greatest artists, humanists, and philosophers about the human propensity for violence.
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Writings from the foremost chronicler of violence in our times, a fundamental issue for the future of the human race, looked at from every angle.
1. New thinking is needed about September 11 By Brad Evans & Simon Critchley 2. 9/11 – A Duty to Remember, but What? By Brad Evans & Simon Critchley 3. Militarization of London Olympics Shows One More Host Country's Fetish for Displays of Force 4. London's Violent Spectacle: What is to be gained by calling it Terror? 5. Branding the Revolution By Brad Evans & Julian Reid 6. The Promise of Violence in the Age of Catastrophe By Brad Evans & Julian Reid 7. As we remember the atrocities of the 20th century, we must change the way we think about violence 8. Are some lives disposable? By Brad Evans & Adrian Parr 9. Turning a Blind Eye to the Political Promise of the Financial Crisis By Brad Evans & Adrian Parr 10. Zygmunt Bauman’s Warning From History 11. Disposable Futures By Brad Evans & Henry A. Giroux 12. Another War, Another Evil: Haven't We Learned That the Devil Cannot Be Slain? 13. The Eyes of the World 14. Self-Plagiarism and the Politics of Character Assassination: The Case of Zygmunt Bauman By Brad Evans & Henry Giroux 15. How Do We Tell Our Children About the Violence in Paris? 16. The War on Terror is a War on Youth: Paris & the Impoverishment of the Future By Brad Evans & Henry Giroux 17. Can we leave the Atrocity Exhibition? 18. Why we should all read Alice in Wonderland Right now 19. Remembering the 43 20. An Open Letter to Mara Fernanda Castilla 18. Public Intellectuals Resisting Global Violence: An Interview With Brad Evans By Brad Evans & Grace Pollock 19. Challenging a "Disposable Future," Looking to a Politics of Possibility By Brad Evans, Henry Giroux & Victoria Harper 20. Education, the Politics of Resilience, and the War on Youth: A Conversation with Brad Evans By Brad Evans & Tyler Pollard
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What has really changed in the way we conceive violence after September 11, 2001? With a gripping and immediate pace of dialogue, Brad Evans leads the reader into the heart of this debate, showing with deep meaning and critical insight what it means to live in times that leave us all “dangerously exposed." -Simona Forti, author of "The New Demons: Rethinking Power and Evil Today"
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ISBN
9781940660462
Publisert
2019-03-07
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Los Angeles Review of Books
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203 mm
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127 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Engelsk
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Heftet
Antall sider
204

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Brad Evans is a political philosopher, critical theorist, and writer, who specializes in the problem of violence. The author of some 10 books and edited volumes, along with over 50 academic and media articles, he serves as Professor of Political Violence & Aesthetics at the University of Bath, UK. Having led a dedicated series on violence for The New York Times (the Stone), he is currently the lead editor for the Histories of Violence section with the Los Angeles Review of Books. He also continues to direct the online resources centre www.historiesofviolence.com. Brad’s books have received prestigious international awards and have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, Turkish, Korean and German. Among his latest are Violence: Humans in Dark Times (with Natasha Lennard, Citylights, 2018); Histories of Violence: Post-War Critical Thought (with Terrell Carver, Zed Books, 2017); Portraits of Violence: An Illustrated History of Radical Thinking (with Sean Michael Wilson, New Internationalist, 2016); Disposable Futures: The Seduction of Violence in the Age of the Spectacle (with Henry Giroux, City Lights: 2015); Resilient Life: The Art of Living Dangerously (with Julian Reid, Polity Press, 2014); Liberal Terror (Polity Press, 2013); and Deleuze & Fascism: Security – War – Aesthetics (with Julian Reid, Routledge, 2013). Brad is currently working on a number of book projects, including The Atrocity Exhibition: Life in an Age of Total Violence (LARB Books, 2019) and Ecce Humanitas: Beholding the Pain of Humanity (Columbia University Press, 2020). He is also working on a project that explores the aesthetics of human disappearance, while writing, in his spare time, a work of fiction. Website: www.brad-evans.co.uk Henry Giroux is scholar and cultural critic. One of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the United States, he is known for his pioneering work in public pedagogy, cultural studies, youth studies, higher education, media studies, and critical theory. He has published more than 60 books, and is published widely throughout education and cultural studies literature. Russell Brand is an English comedian, actor, author, and activist. His books include My Booky Wook (2007), Revolution (2014), and Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions (2017).