Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and ViolenceVerso, 2006 - 168 pages In her most impassioned and personal book to date, Judith Butler responds in this profound appraisal of post-9/11 America to the current US policies to wage perpetual war, and calls for a deeper understanding of how mourning and violence might instead inspire solidarity and a quest for global justice. |
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