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Cover of Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence by Judith Butler

Precarious Life

The Powers of Mourning and Violence

2004·192 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics Literary Fiction

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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Precarious Life

The Powers of Mourning and Violence

Year

2004

Pages

192

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics Literary Fiction

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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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