10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTERVIOLENCE»
Discover the use of
counterviolence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
counterviolence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an ...
Counterviolence Although contrary to the logic of nonviolence discussed
previously, counterviolence also should be deemed a strength behavior to
preserve black life. Counterviolence can be defined as physical resistance or
armed struggle ...
2
Violence, Society and Radical Theory: Bataille, Baudrillard ...
Counterviolence is, emphatically, still violence;it cannot be reduced to just,
virtuous or provoked actsof political resistance totyranny. Counterviolence
alsotends towards excess,pushing beyond any sense of the useful or narrowly
rational.
3
Endgame, Volume 1: The Problem of Civilization
The violence of the situation, the pre-existing oppression suffered by those who
eventually strike back, is conveniently ignored. The violence of the oppressed is
a form of defensive counterviolence to the violence of conquest and oppression.
4
Sartre and the Moral Limits of War and Terrorism
3. Violence. and. CounterViolence. “Violence implies nihilism.” —JeanPaul
Sartre,Notebooks foranEthics “A right, inasocietyof oppression, thereforeisthe
demand that the oppressors formulate over against the oppressed: thatthey
should ...
Jennifer Ang Mei Sze, 2010
5
Violence and Non-Violence in Africa
This economy of violence applies regardless of whether we talkabout the state or
the formationsof everyday policing thatI havediscussed in this chapter. Whenthe
counterviolence exceeds the original momentofviolence Balibar calls it cruelty.
Pal Ahluwalia, Louise Bethleham, Ruth Ginio, 2007
6
Terror and Democracy in West Germany
As with extraparliamentary leftists, however, their opposition to repressive
violence did not necessarily lead feminists to identify as pacifists or to actively
pursue nonviolence. Indeed, strategy discussions clearly indicated that
counterviolence ...
7
Phenomenology 2005: Selected essays from Northern Europe (2 ...
When violence is justified, it becomes qualified as “counterviolence,” a concept
prominent in the 1960s but already found in Kant, albeit with negative
connotations. There is no doubt that counterviolence has a different status than
violence in ...
8
Theology in a New Key: Responding to Liberation Themes
The situation is already violent: to ignore this fact is to condone structures that
may be even more destructive than would be the "counterviolence" designed to
create a new situation. In such a situation one might decide that the
counterviolence ...
Robert McAfee Brown, 1978
9
Justice Ignited: The Dynamics of Backfire
Fourth, terrorism can be used instrumentally to provoke counterviolence from the
state. If this counterviolence is seen as excessive — as it sometimes is — then
this can create more support for the cause espoused by the terrorists. In other ...
10
Scream from the Shadows: The Women's Liberation Movement in ...
Tanaka's experience of using counterviolence against her father's violence
protected and validated her existence. Her own use of counterviolence was, in
this case, a form of self—defense used to stop the perpetuation of domestic
interper— ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTERVIOLENCE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
counterviolence is used in the context of the following news items.
South Africa must confront the roots of its xenophobic violence
The culture of violence has its roots in the violence of colonialism and apartheid – and the oppressed peoples' counterviolence in response. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Remodeling the Muslim response to terror attacks
Until recently, the most common reaction has been counterviolence – military raids on terrorist cells or radical Muslim groups, retaliation against ... «Christian Science Monitor, Mar 15»
Make sure people in pain can be heard
We, as local and national leaders, warn that violence and counterviolence is Lucifer's most lethal luxuriant. We learned from last summer's ... «STLtoday.com, Nov 14»
Death as penalty diminishes society
Violence and counterviolence make up an endless cycle. Who will break it? ADVERTISEMENT. The death of noncombatants cannot simply be ... «Inquirer.net, Oct 14»
After jihadist arrests, Australian mufti rejects IS fatwa
Abu Mohamed rejected violence, counterviolence and any act of violence that may come from individuals, groups or states, saying, “Violence is ... «Al-Monitor, Sep 14»
The apocalypse will be televised
... heroic — it's more along the lines of tragically and misguidedly inevitable — but it also shows the humans' counterviolence as despicable. «Al Jazeera America, Sep 14»
Make art, not war
... past, their protests – the best-known form of ritualised Palestinian resistance – culminated in a vicious spiral of violence and counterviolence. «Qantara.de, Sep 14»
Ferguson and America's Hatred of Democracy
... political violence is a life-affirming force in anti-colonial struggles -- an expression of counterviolence that constitutes a therapeutic moment in ... «Huffington Post, Aug 14»
What lessons can we draw from antiquity?
Such a belief legitimates violence, a destructive violence that unleashes counterviolence in return. We seem trapped in a cycle of bloody ... «Kathimerini, Jul 14»
The Sunni-Shia Divide
And despite the efforts of many Sunni and Shia clerics to reduce tensions through dialogue and counterviolence measures, many experts ... «Council on Foreign Relations, Jul 14»
