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

Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence

Judith Butler

192 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Responding to the US's perpetual war, Butler explores how mourning could inspire solidarity. In this profound appraisal of post-September 11, 2001 America, Judith Butler considers the conditions of heightened vulnerability and aggression that foll...

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informative 100%
challenging 78%
reflective 50%
dark 28%
hopeful 14%
inspiring 7%
sad 7%
tense 7%

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