Table of Contents

1. The Subject of Violence - Brad Evans and Terrell Carver 2. Walter Benjamin - James Martel 3. Hannah Arendt - Kimberly Hutchings 4. Frantz Fanon - Lewis R. Gordon 5. Michel Foucault - Brad Evans 6. Jacques Derrida - Gregg Lambert 7. Gilles Deleuze - Ian Buchanan 8. Judith Butler - Jelke Boesten 9. Zygmunt Bauman - Keith Tester 10. Paul Virilio - Mark Lacy 11. Giorgio Agamben - Marcelo Svirsky 12. Slavoj Žižek - Paul A. Taylor 13. Cynthia Enloe - Terrell Carver

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An essential introduction to post-war critical thought on the problem of violence.

About the Author

Brad Evans is a reader in political violence at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. He is also the founder and director of the multi-media and interdisciplinary Histories of Violence project (www.historiesofviolence.com). His latest books include Deleuze and Fascism (with Julian Reid, 2013), Liberal Terror (2013), Resilient Life: The Art of Living Dangerously (with Julian Reid, 2014) and Disposable Futures: The Seducation of Violence in the Age of the Spectacle (with Henry Giroux, 2015). More at www.brad-evans.co.uk. Terrell Carver is professor of political theory in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. He has published widely on Marx, Engels and Marxism and on sex, gender and sexuality. His most recent books include a two-volume study of Marx and Engels’ ‘German ideology’ manuscripts (with Daniel Blank, 2014) and the Cambridge Companion to The Communist Manifesto (edited with James Farr, 2015). He is co-editor of the journal Contemporary Political Theory and co general editor of three book series: Globalization (with Manfred B. Steger), Routledge Innovators in Political Theory (with Samuel A. Chambers) and Marx, Engels and Marxisms (with Marcello Musto).

Reviews

From Benjamin to Fanon, Arendt to Enloe, these introductions, penned by some of the most important political thinkers writing today, shed light on the urgent need for a sustained reflection on the why and how of violence. This volume will inspire instructors and students and will make a necessary addition to any classroom curriculum.
*Davide Panagia, University of California, Los Angeles*

Brings together insights from across the canon of contemporary theory in an accessible but thought provoking manner, and with a stellar cast of contributors. This is a remarkable collection that will no doubt become essential reading for everyone interested in the nature of violence.
*Simon Tormey, University of Sydney*