Toward A Philosophy Of Protest

Author : Clayton Bohnet
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781498596404

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Toward a Philosophy of Protest by Clayton Bohnet Pdf

Towards a Philosophy of Protest: Dissent, State Power, and the Spectacle of Everyday Life is an inquiry into the nature of protest, legislative efforts at its criminalization, and the common good. Using the method of montage, Clayton Bohnet juxtaposes definitions, etymologies, journalism on contemporary events, philosophy, sociology, mainstream and social media content to illuminate rather than obscure the contradictions in our contemporary understanding of dissent and state power. By problematizing the identification of the good of a political community with the good of the economy, Bohnet develops a political ontology of a people who find their values subordinated to a good identified with the smooth flow of traffic, the forecasts of capital, and the predictability of everyday life. A text populated more with questions than authoritative answers, this book asks readers to think through particular impasses involving protest and the possibility of egalitarian, participatory politics, such as the risks taken and courage involved in a society that places the expression of political truths above the collective benefits of the well-tempered economy and the dangers of protesting, of dissent, in an era that refers to protesters as economic terrorists.

Author : Jennifer Kling,Megan Mitchell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786613219

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The Philosophy of Protest by Jennifer Kling,Megan Mitchell Pdf

Protest is a critical part of the contemporary political landscape. Despite the prevalence of protest as a real-world practice, most liberal political theory limits its focus on protest to ideal conditions. This book takes up the question of how to think about protest, from within the context of liberal political theory, in the face of serious, substantial, ongoing, and actual injustices—in short, a theory of protest for our world. What can or must protest include? What, if anything, must it avoid? Against much of the popular discourse, the authors defend the view that suitably constrained violent political protest is sometimes justified. Violent political protest is not simply revolution by any other name—it’s a last-ditch effort to remedy injustice without going to war.

Author : Jürgen Habermas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780745694559

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Toward a Rational Society by Jürgen Habermas Pdf

Universities must transmit technically exploitable knowledge. That is, they must meet an industrial society's need for qualified new generations and at the same time be concerned with the expanded reproduction of education itself. In addition, universities must not only transmit technically exploitable knowledge, but also produce it. This includes both information flowing from research into the channels of industrial utilization, armament, and social welfare, and advisory knowledge that enters into strategies of administration, government, and other decision-making powers, such as private enterprises. Thus, through instruction and research the university is immediately connected with functions of the economic process.

Author : Todd May
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780745690490

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Nonviolent Resistance by Todd May Pdf

We see nonviolent resistance all over today’s world, from Egypt’s Tahrir Square to New York Occupy. Although we think of the last century as one marked by wars and violent conflict, in fact it was just as much a century of nonviolence as the achievements of Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. and peaceful protests like the one that removed Ferdinand Marcos from the Philippines clearly demonstrate. But what is nonviolence? What makes a campaign a nonviolent one, and how does it work? What values does it incorporate? In this unique study, Todd May, a philosopher who has himself participated in campaigns of nonviolent resistance, offers the first extended philosophical reflection on the particular and compelling political phenomenon of nonviolence. Drawing on both historical and contemporary examples, he examines the concept and objectives of nonviolence, and considers the different dynamics of nonviolence, from moral jiu-jitsu to nonviolent coercion. May goes on to explore the values that infuse nonviolent activity, especially the respect for dignity and the presupposition of equality, before taking a close-up look at the role of nonviolence in today’s world. Students of politics, peace studies, and philosophy, political activists, and those interested in the shape of current politics will find this book an invaluable source for understanding one of the most prevalent, but least reflected upon, political approaches of our world.

Author : KLING/MITCHELL
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1786613220

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PHILOSOPHY OF PROTESTFIGHTINGPB by KLING/MITCHELL Pdf

Author : Timothy Zick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781316519561

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Managed Dissent by Timothy Zick Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the wide-ranging body of law that applies to public protest activity.

Author : Kurt Torell
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1793655650

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Rock and Roll, Social Protest, and Authenticity by Kurt Torell Pdf

This book investigates the relation of rock and roll to social protest music and authenticity. It examines the nature and commercial origins of rock and roll, why rock and roll was frequently considered subversive, and the nature and significance of authenticity to rock and roll as social protest music.

Author : Matthew Johnson,Samid Suliman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317555094

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Protest - Analysing Current Trends by Matthew Johnson,Samid Suliman Pdf

The politics of the twenty-first century is marked by dissent, tumult and calls for radical change, whether through food riots, anti-war protests, anti-government tirades, anti-blasphemy marches, anti-austerity demonstrations, anti-authoritarian movements and anti-capitalist occupations. Interestingly, contemporary political protests are borne of both the Right and Left and are staged in both the Global North and South. Globally, different instances of protest have drawn attention to the deep fissures which challenge the idea of globalisation as a force for peace. Given the diversity of these protests, it is necessary to examine the particular nature of grievances, the sort of change which is sought and the extent to which localised protest can have global implications. The contributions in this book draw on the theoretical work of Hardt and Negri, David Graeber and Judith Butler, among others, in order explore the nature of hegemony, the Occupy movement, the Arab Spring, the responses of authorities to protest and emotion and public performance in, and representation of, protest. The book concludes with David Graeber’s reply to reviews of his recent The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement. This book was published as a special issue of Global Discourse.

Author : Ernst Wolff
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110725049

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Between Daily Routine and Violent Protest by Ernst Wolff Pdf

Most human action has a technical dimension. This book examines four components of this technical dimension. First, in all actions, various individual, organizational or institutional agents combine actional capabilities with tools, institutions, infrastructure and other elements by means of which they act. Second, the deployment of capabilities and means is permeated by ethical aspirations and hesitancies. Third, all domains of action are affected by these ethical dilemmas. Fourth, the dimensions of the technicity of action are typical of human life in general, and not just a regional or culturally specific phenomenon. In this study, an interdisciplinary approach is adopted to encompass the broad anthropological scope of this study and combine this bigger picture with detailed attention to the socio-historical particularities of action as it plays out in different contexts. Hermeneutics (the philosophical inquiry into the human phenomena of meaning, understanding and interpretation) and social science (as the study of all human affairs) are the two main disciplinary orientations of this book. This study clarifies the technical dimension of the entire spectrum of human action ranging from daily routine to the extreme of violent protest.

Author : Jurgen Habermas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : College students
ISBN : OCLC:1281732543

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Toward a Rational Society by Jurgen Habermas Pdf

Author : James M. Jasper
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780226561813

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The Emotions of Protest by James M. Jasper Pdf

In Donald Trump’s America, protesting has roared back into fashion. The Women’s March, held the day after Trump’s inauguration, may have been the largest in American history, and resonated around the world. Between Trump’s tweets and the march’s popularity, it is clear that displays of anger dominate American politics once again. There is an extensive body of research on protest, but the focus has mostly been on the calculating brain—a byproduct of structuralism and cognitive studies—and less on the feeling brain. James M. Jasper’s work changes that, as he pushes the boundaries of our present understanding of the social world. In The Emotions of Protest, Jasper lays out his argument, showing that it is impossible to separate cognition and emotion. At a minimum, he says, we cannot understand the Tea Party or Occupy Wall Street or pro- and anti-Trump rallies without first studying the fears and anger, moral outrage, and patterns of hate and love that their members feel. This is a book centered on protest, but Jasper also points toward broader paths of inquiry that have the power to transform the way social scientists picture social life and action. Through emotions, he says, we are embedded in a variety of environmental, bodily, social, moral, and temporal contexts, as we feel our way both consciously and unconsciously toward some things and away from others. Politics and collective action have always been a kind of laboratory for working out models of human action more generally, and emotions are no exception. Both hearts and minds rely on the same feelings racing through our central nervous systems. Protestors have emotions, like everyone else, but theirs are thinking hearts, not bleeding hearts. Brains can feel, and hearts can think.

Author : James M. Jasper
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226394961

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The Art of Moral Protest by James M. Jasper Pdf

In The Art of Moral Protest, James Jasper integrates diverse examples of protest—from nineteenth-century boycotts to recent movements—into a distinctive new understanding of how social movements work. Jasper highlights their creativity, not only in forging new morals but in adopting courses of action and inventing organizational forms. "A provocative perspective on the cultural implications of political and social protest."—Library Journal

Author : Karl Marx
Publisher : Newcomb Livraria Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right by Karl Marx Pdf

A new 2023 translation of Marx's 1844 "Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie" from the original manuscript. This edition includes a new introduction by the translator and reference materials including a Glossary of Philosophic and Economic Marxist Terminology, an Index of Personalities Associated with Marx and a Timeline of Marx’s Life and Works. This is Volume III in The Complete Works of Karl Marx by NL Press. In "Towards the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right" Marx's argument is that Hegel's political philosophy is an abstraction that fails to take into account the concrete reality of human existence and the class struggles that shape it. He contends that in order to understand the state, civil society, and the concept of alienation, one must take into account the economic relations that underlie it and the material conditions of society. The central argument of Marx's critique is that the state is not a neutral arbiter of justice, but is rather an instrument of class warefare and exploitation. This is a mimicry of Feuerbach’s argument nearly word-for-word. Marx's critique serves to demonstrate the importance of a historical and materialist perspective in understanding the nature of human freedom and morality. It serves as a precursor to his later theories of historical materialism and dialectical materialism, which continue to be influential in the modern world. Marx's critique in this work centers around the idea that Hegel's philosophy is an abstraction that fails to take into account the concrete reality of human existence and the class struggles that shape it.

Author : Judith Butler
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674495562

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Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly by Judith Butler Pdf

Judith Butler elucidates the dynamics of public assembly under prevailing economic and political conditions. Understanding assemblies as plural forms of performative action, she extends her theory of performativity to show why precarity—destruction of the conditions of livability—is a galvanizing force and theme in today’s highly visible protests.

Author : Jürgen Habermas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : College students
ISBN : 0807041777

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Toward a Rational Society by Jürgen Habermas Pdf