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Book SynopsisA collection of writings, reflections, and interviews from political philosopher and critical theorist Brad Evans, written between 2010 and 2017. Evans collaborates with and interviews Simon Critchley, Julian Reid, Adrian Parr, Henry Giroux, Grace Pollock, Tyler Pollard, and Victoria Harper in his considerations of our era of violence and confusion. Brad Evans has studied and written about the history of violence for years and has been collaborating with and interviewing the world’s greatest artists, humanists, and philosophers about the human propensity for violence.
Table of Contents1. New thinking is needed about September 11 By Brad Evans & Simon Critchley 2. 9/11 – A Duty to Remember, but What? By Brad Evans & Simon Critchley 3. Militarization of London Olympics Shows One More Host Country's Fetish for Displays of Force 4. London's Violent Spectacle: What is to be gained by calling it Terror? 5. Branding the Revolution By Brad Evans & Julian Reid 6. The Promise of Violence in the Age of Catastrophe By Brad Evans & Julian Reid 7. As we remember the atrocities of the 20th century, we must change the way we think about violence 8. Are some lives disposable? By Brad Evans & Adrian Parr 9. Turning a Blind Eye to the Political Promise of the Financial Crisis By Brad Evans & Adrian Parr 10. Zygmunt Bauman’s Warning From History 11. Disposable Futures By Brad Evans & Henry A. Giroux 12. Another War, Another Evil: Haven't We Learned That the Devil Cannot Be Slain? 13. The Eyes of the World 14. Self-Plagiarism and the Politics of Character Assassination: The Case of Zygmunt Bauman By Brad Evans & Henry Giroux 15. How Do We Tell Our Children About the Violence in Paris? 16. The War on Terror is a War on Youth: Paris & the Impoverishment of the Future By Brad Evans & Henry Giroux 17. Can we leave the Atrocity Exhibition? 18. Why we should all read Alice in Wonderland Right now 19. Remembering the 43 20. An Open Letter to Mara Fernanda Castilla 18. Public Intellectuals Resisting Global Violence: An Interview With Brad Evans By Brad Evans & Grace Pollock 19. Challenging a "Disposable Future," Looking to a Politics of Possibility By Brad Evans, Henry Giroux & Victoria Harper 20. Education, the Politics of Resilience, and the War on Youth: A Conversation with Brad Evans By Brad Evans & Tyler Pollard
