Butler, Judith
Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? (Radical Thinkers)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781784782474
- author:
- Butler, Judith
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Verso Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 13.2 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm
- Genre:
- History, Political History, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 6 working days
Description
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, leading to the exploitation and abandonment of whole peoples, who are cast as existential threats rather than as living populations in need of protection. Butler argues that this disparity has profound implications for our emotional responses to war and everyday life, influencing how we feel horror, outrage, guilt, loss, and righteous indifference. She examines the resistance to this framing in various contexts, including images from Abu Ghraib, poetry from Guantanamo, and debates on normativity and non-violence. In this urgent response to dominant methods of coercion, violence, and racism, Butler calls for a re-conceptualization of the Left, one that brokers cultural difference and cultivates resistance to the illegitimate effects of state violence.
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