Philosophy and the Return of Violence: Studies from this Widening Gyre

CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 8
PART I: BETWEEN POLITICAL NECESSITY AND THE CHALLENGE OF PEACE......Page 22
1. PHILOSOPHY AFTER 9/11......Page 24
2. WHO COUNTS? ON DEMOCRACY, POWER, AND THE INCALCULABLE......Page 38
3. PERPETUAL PEACE AND THE INVENTION OF TOTAL WAR......Page 51
4. VIOLENT THOUGHTS ABOUT SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK......Page 68
PART II: AT THE BORDERS OF ENMITY, OTHERNESS, AND IDENTITY......Page 86
5. FRAGILE IDENTITY: RESPECT FOR THE OTHER AND CULTURAL IDENTITY......Page 88
6. STRANGENESS, HOSPITALITY, AND ENMITY......Page 96
7. BEYOND CONFLICT: RADICAL HOSPITALITY AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY......Page 108
8. TOWARDS AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF VIOLENCE: EXISTENTIAL ANALYSES OF LEVINAS, GIRARD, AND FREUD......Page 119
9. AGAMBEN ON VIOLENCE, LANGUAGE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 131
PART III: DIAGNOSING POWER, NONVIOLENCE, AND DISCOURSE......Page 142
10. VIOLENCE AND NONVIOLENCE......Page 144
11. LINES OF FRAGILITY: A FOUCAULTIAN CRITIQUE OF VIOLENCE......Page 161
12. THE LOGIC OF VIOLENCE: FOUCAULT ON HOW POWER KILLS......Page 178
13. THE REMAINDER: BETWEEN SYMBOLIC AND MATERIAL VIOLENCE......Page 196
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 209
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 220
D......Page 224
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