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Record Nr.

UNINA9910768472903321

Autore

Betz Margaret

Titolo

Modes of Protest and Resistance : Strange Change in Morals Political / / Margaret Betz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

3-031-47144-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages)

Collana

Radical Theologies and Philosophies Series

Disciplina

322.4

Soggetti

Government, Resistance to

Protest movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- "We Are All Here" -- Protest -- Outline of Chapters -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Nonviolent Gadflies -- The Philosophy of Nonviolent Action -- What Does It Mean to Call Nonviolence "Effective"? -- The Politics of Respectability -- Laughtivism -- Chapter 2: "The Last Shall Be First and the First Shall Be Last": Resistance Violence -- Hannah Arendt on Political Violence -- Philosophies of Resistance -- Defining Resistance Violence -- Political Vulnerability -- Resistance Violence as Reasonable -- The Question of Self-Defense -- Scholars Advocating for Uses of Violence -- Catharsis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Says Who? Epistemic Injustice -- Philosophies of Epistemic Injustice -- Any Woman: Celia's Story -- Epistemic Justice -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Till They Felt a Big Stick About Their Heads: The Epistemic Justice of John Brown's Resistance Violence -- Chapter 5: The Question Is Not About The Weapon, But the Spirit in Which You Use It-Henry David Thoreau -- Political Vulnerability and Modes of Violent Protest Today -- Politically Vulnerable People Today: Trans People and Migrants -- Trans People as Politically Vulnerable -- Migrants -- Violent Anti-abortion Activism -- Antifascist Activism: "On Behalf of Another" -- The January 6th Insurrection of the U.S. Capitol -- Property Damage, Looting, and the Kerner Commission -- Where to Go from Here: Humor, Honesty, and Hope -- Chapter 6: Epilogue -- Objections --



Bibliography -- Index.