Abstract
Offering an accessible yet compelling introduction to post-war critical thought, Histories of Violence examines the problem of violence as it appears in the corpus of canonical figures – from Hannah Arendt to Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault to Slavoj Žižek – who continue to influence and inform contemporary political, philosophical, sociological, cultural, and anthropological study.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Place of Publication | London, U. K. |
| Publisher | Zed Books |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781783602384 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Cite this
Histories of Violence : Post War Critical Thought . / Evans, Bradley (Editor); Carver, Terrell (Editor).
London, U. K. : Zed Books, 2019. 256 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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