{"product_id":"violence-and-political-theory-9781509536726","title":"Violence and Political Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs politics necessarily violent? Does the justifiability of violence depend on whether it is perpetrated to defend or upend the existing order – or perhaps on the way in which it is conducted? Is violence simply direct physical harm, or can it also be structural, symbolic, or epistemic?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this book, Elizabeth Frazer and Kimberley Hutchings explore how political theorists, from Niccolo Machiavelli to Elaine Scarry, have addressed these issues. They engage with both defenders and critics of violence in politics, analysing their diverse justificatory and rhetorical strategies in order to draw out the enduring themes of these debates. They show how political theorists have tended to evade the central difficulties raised by violence by either reducing it to a neutral tool or identifying it with something quite distinct, such as justice or virtue. They argue that, because violence is necessarily wrapped up with hierarchical and exclusive structures and imaginaries, legitimising it in terms of the ends that it serves, or how it is perpetrated, no longer makes sense.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars in areas ranging from the ethics of terror and war to radical and revolutionary political thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This excellent book offers a very careful, systematic and immensely readable introduction and analysis of the intersection between violence and politics, from Machiavelli to the present day.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eVittorio Bufacchi, University College Cork, Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"[T]here is no comparable text in the English language that approximates the breadth of coverage that the authors achieve.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Review of Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Reflections on Politics and Violence\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: Politics and Revolutionary Violence\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: Politics and State Violence\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: Politics and Violence Reconsidered\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Politics as a Continuation of Violence \u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: The Problem of Violence\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six: Violence and the Transformation of Man\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven: The Politicisation of Violence\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight: Towards a Political Theory of Violence\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409535902039,"sku":"9781509536726","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781509536726.jpg?v=1730507139","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/violence-and-political-theory-9781509536726","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}