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

Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence

Judith Butler

168 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 ins...

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informative 100%
challenging 85%
reflective 57%
dark 28%
hopeful 21%
inspiring 7%
sad 7%
tense 7%

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